WASP-7 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-7.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 15 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 305 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,214 °C (2,217 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 5 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 14.91 × Earth
- Mass
- 305.1 × Earth
- Density
- 0.55 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,487 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 4.955 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0617 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-7
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,400 K
- Radius
- 1.432 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.276 × Sun
- Age
- 2.4 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 529.4 light-years (162.3 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.