WASP-28 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-28.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 14 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 283 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,183 °C (2,161 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3.4 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 13.66 × Earth
- Mass
- 282.5 × Earth
- Density
- 0.6512 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,456 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.409 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0442 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-28
- Spectral class
- Unknown
- Surface temperature
- Unknown
- Radius
- 1.083 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.993 × Sun
- Age
- 5.5 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,137 light-years (348.5 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2014
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.