WASP-5 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-5.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 12 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 502 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,433 °C (2,611 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 1.6 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 12.18 × Earth
- Mass
- 502.2 × Earth
- Density
- 1.64 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,706 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 1.628 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0267 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-5
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,700 K
- Radius
- 1.029 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.96 × Sun
- Age
- 5.4 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,008 light-years (309.1 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2008
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.