Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

WASP-165 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) WASP-165, located approximately 1,964.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.12 Earth radii
  • A mass of 209.13 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.05 g
  • An orbital period of 3.466 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0482 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,624 K (1351 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,964.23 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.072
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 34,639,174 years

WASP-165 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.12 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.260 R♃
Mass
209.13 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.658 M♃
Density
0.44 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.05 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.072
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Transit
Facility SuperWASP-South
Telescope Canon 200mm f/1.8L

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#367of 1771

top 20.7%

This planet

14.12R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth WASP-165 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.1211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00209.13317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.441.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.052.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,373.530.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 209.132 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 228381868

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2415410962124813056

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2415410962124813056

System

WASP-165

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.123 R⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1771
Mass 209.132 M⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.47 d · percentile 22 / cohort 1533
Distance 602.24 pc · percentile 78 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.072 · percentile 14 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.466 days
Semi-major axis
0.0482 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
84.90 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.47 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0482 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.544 %

Duration

4.176 h

Impact parameter b

0.530

Rp / R★

0.073800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,649.7114

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,440 ppm lasting ≈ 4.18 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.073800

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.930

Impact parameter (b)

0.530

RV semi-amplitude (K)

76.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,649.7114

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08010

Eq. Temperature

1,624K

(1351 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,373.53

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.072

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Lendl et al. 2019

Instrument

iKon-L CCD Camera

Publication

2019-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: WASP-165

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,599 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.77 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.750 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.248 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.33

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.930 dex

Stellar density

0.328 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

25.66 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
602.24 parsec
Light-years 1,964.23 ly
V-band magnitude
12.82 mag
Voyager-speed travel 34,639,174 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.613.413.41B12.82V12.54Gaia12.07TESS11.44J11.13H11.02K10.98W111.04W210.98W38.56W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.634 mas

Total Proper Motion

28.200 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

28.02 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.21 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.955 · y = -0.040 · z = -0.294

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 357.58065° · Dec -17.07759°

Galactic ℓ, b

65.211° · -72.666°

Ecliptic λ, β

350.846° · -14.678°

HTM-20 index

1391964593

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