WTS-2 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WTS-2.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 15 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 356 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,727 °C (3,140 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 1 Earth day.
Planet
- Radius
- 15.28 × Earth
- Mass
- 356 × Earth
- Density
- 0.54 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 2,000 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 1.019 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.01855 AU
Star
- Host star
- WTS-2
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 5,000 K
- Radius
- 0.752 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.82 × Sun
- Age
- 0.6 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- Unknown
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2014
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- United Kingdom Infrared Telescope
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.