WASP-87 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-87.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 16 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 693 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 1.7 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 15.52 × Earth
- Mass
- 692.9 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 1.683 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.02946 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-87
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,450 K
- Radius
- 1.627 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.204 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 973.2 light-years (298.4 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2016
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Anglo-Australian Telescope
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.