WASP-57 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-57.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 12 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 205 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,065 °C (1,949 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.8 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 11.77 × Earth
- Mass
- 204.7 × Earth
- Density
- 0.693 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,338 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 2.839 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.03769 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-57
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,600 K
- Radius
- 0.927 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.886 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,299 light-years (398.3 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.