WASP-52 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-52.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 14 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 146 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,042 °C (1,907 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 1.7 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 14.24 × Earth
- Mass
- 146.2 × Earth
- Density
- 0.29 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,315 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 1.75 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0272 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-52
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 5,000 K
- Radius
- 0.79 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.87 × Sun
- Age
- 0.4 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 570.2 light-years (174.8 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2012
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.