WASP-85 A b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-85 A.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 14 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 402 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,179 °C (2,154 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.7 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 13.9 × Earth
- Mass
- 402.1 × Earth
- Density
- 0.88 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,452 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 2.656 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.039 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-85 A
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,112 K
- Radius
- 0.935 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.09 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 462.8 light-years (141.9 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2016
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- K2
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.