WASP-92 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-92.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 16 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 256 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,598 °C (2,908 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.2 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 16.38 × Earth
- Mass
- 255.9 × Earth
- Density
- 0.346 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,871 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 2.175 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0348 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-92
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,280 K
- Radius
- 1.341 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.19 × Sun
- Age
- 2.29 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,878 light-years (575.9 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2016
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.