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WASP-18 b

402.75 light-years

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Discovery
Transit · 2009
Radius
13.8991 (+0.8855 / −0.8855) Earth radii
Mass
3,241.8498 (+111.2399 / −111.2399) Earth masses
Orbital period
0.9415 (+2.4 × 10⁻⁷ / −2.4 × 10⁻⁷) days
Semi-major axis
0.0202 (+2.9 × 10⁻⁴ / −3.1 × 10⁻⁴) AU
Equilibrium temperature
2,429 (+77 / −70) 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