WASP-76 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-76.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 21 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 284 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,955 °C (3,551 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 4,104 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 1.8 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 20.78 × Earth
- Mass
- 284.1 × Earth
- Density
- 0.17 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 2,228 K
- Starlight received
- 4,104 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 1.81 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.033 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-76
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,329 K
- Radius
- 1.756 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.458 × Sun
- Age
- 1.816 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 634.2 light-years (194.5 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2016
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.