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WASP-8 b

293.41 light-years

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Discovery
Transit · 2010
Radius
12.6662 (+0.5605 / −0.5605) Earth radii
Mass
807.2882 (+104.8839 / −104.8839) Earth masses
Orbital period
8.1587 (+1.5 × 10⁻⁵ / −1.5 × 10⁻⁵) days
Semi-major axis
0.0801 (+1.5 × 10⁻³ / −1.5 × 10⁻³) AU
Equilibrium temperature
1,059 K
Mass provenance
Mass

Measurements may come from different studies and need not form one self-consistent model. “Msini” is a minimum mass; a mass inferred from radius is an estimate. Equilibrium temperature is a model estimate, not a measured surface temperature or evidence of habitability.

NASA archive record and references ↗

Snapshot retrieved: 2026-10-11T04:15:07.688253+00:00