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Exoplanet WASP-18 b

Radius13.90 R⊕Earth = 1
Mass3,241.8 M⊕Earth = 1
Orbital period0.94 d
Equilibrium temp.2,429 K≈ 2,156 °C
Distance402.7 ly
Discovered2009Transit

Size compared (radius, Earth = 1)

Where it sits among all planets (percentile)

Share of planets with a smaller value (of 6,445 planets, where known).

Planets of WASP-18 (1)

PlanetPeriod (d)Radius (R⊕)Mass (M⊕)Eq. temp KYear
WASP-18 b0.9413.903,241.82,4292009
Host starSpectral typeTeff KRadius (R☉)Mass (M☉)
WASP-18F6 IV-V6,4321.321.29

Values are NASA Exoplanet Archive estimates and may change. Equilibrium temperature is a theoretical value ignoring any atmosphere.