WASP-43 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-43.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 10 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 566 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 20 hours.
Planet
- Radius
- 10.42 × Earth
- Mass
- 565.7 × Earth
- Density
- 2.939 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 0.8135 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0142 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-43
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,400 K
- Radius
- 0.6 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.58 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 282.9 light-years (86.75 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2011
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.