WASP-93 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-93.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 18 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 467 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,669 °C (3,036 °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
- 17.9 × Earth
- Mass
- 467.2 × Earth
- Density
- 0.479 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,942 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 2.733 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.04211 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-93
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,700 K
- Radius
- 1.524 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.334 × Sun
- Age
- 0.7 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,208 light-years (370.3 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.