WTS-1 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WTS-1.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 17 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 1,274 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,227 °C (2,240 °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
- 16.7 × Earth
- Mass
- 1,274 × Earth
- Density
- 1.61 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,500 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.352 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.047 AU
Star
- Host star
- WTS-1
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,250 K
- Radius
- 1.15 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.2 × Sun
- Age
- 2.55 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 7,652 light-years (2,346 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2012
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- United Kingdom Infrared Telescope
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.