WASP-6 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-6.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 13 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 148 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 894 °C (1,641 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 288 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3.4 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 12.54 × Earth
- Mass
- 148.4 × Earth
- Density
- 0.4403 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,167 K
- Starlight received
- 288 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 3.361 days
- Average distance from its star
- Unknown
Star
- Host star
- WASP-6
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,438 K
- Radius
- 0.79 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.854 × Sun
- Age
- 3.2 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 642.9 light-years (197.1 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2009
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.