WASP-79 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-79.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 17 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 270 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,443 °C (2,629 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3.7 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 17.15 × Earth
- Mass
- 270.2 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,716 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.662 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0519 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-79
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,600 K
- Radius
- 1.51 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.39 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 804.6 light-years (246.7 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.