WASP-59 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-59.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 8.7 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 274 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 397 °C (746 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 7.9 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 8.687 × Earth
- Mass
- 274.3 × Earth
- Density
- 2.4 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 670 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 7.92 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0697 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-59
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,650 K
- Radius
- 0.613 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.719 × Sun
- Age
- 0.5 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 378.1 light-years (115.9 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.