Wendelstein-1 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Wendelstein-1.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 12 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 188 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,925 °C (3,497 °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
- 11.56 × Earth
- Mass
- 188.2 × Earth
- Density
- 0.72 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 2,198 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 2.663 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0282 AU
Star
- Host star
- Wendelstein-1
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,251 K
- Radius
- 0.61 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.65 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 995.8 light-years (305.3 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2020
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Haleakala Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.