WASP-96 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-96.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 13 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 153 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,012 °C (1,853 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3.4 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 13.45 × Earth
- Mass
- 152.6 × Earth
- Density
- 0.37 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,285 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.425 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0453 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-96
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,540 K
- Radius
- 1.05 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.06 × Sun
- Age
- 8 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,150 light-years (352.5 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2014
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.