WASP-45 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-45.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 11 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 306 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 880 °C (1,616 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 294 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3.1 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 10.6 × Earth
- Mass
- 306.4 × Earth
- Density
- 1.418 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,153 K
- Starlight received
- 294 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 3.126 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.03963 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-45
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 5,150 K
- Radius
- 0.855 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.85 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 688.8 light-years (211.2 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2011
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.