WASP-98 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-98.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 13 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 293 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 898 °C (1,648 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 12.82 × Earth
- Mass
- 293 × Earth
- Density
- 0.764 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,171 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 2.963 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.03762 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-98
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,473 K
- Radius
- 0.741 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.809 × Sun
- Age
- 2.7 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 918.9 light-years (281.7 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2014
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.