Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 17.71 Earth radii
A mass of 2,542.64 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 8.11 g
An orbital period of 2.022 days
Semi-major axis 0.0365 AU
Equilibrium temperature 2,329 K (2056 °C)
Distance from Earth 1,381.44 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.025
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 24,361,698 years

WASP-167 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

17.71 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

1.580 R♃

Mass

2,542.64 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

8.000 M♃

Density

— g/cm³

Surface Gravity

8.11 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.025

HZ Position Inner

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2017

Method Transit

Facility Multiple Observatories

Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#85of 1771

top 4.7%

This planet

17.71R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

HATS-40 b 17.71 R⊕ WASP-54 b 17.71 R⊕ WASP-94 A b 17.71 R⊕

Metric	Earth	WASP-167 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	17.71	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2,542.64	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	—	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	8.11	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	3,208.41	0.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method	Value	Interpretation
Best measured mass	2,542.640 M⊕	Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 104024556

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6154982877299042944

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6154982877300947840

System

WASP-167

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 17.710 R⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 1771

Mass 2,542.640 M⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1747

Orbital period 2.02 d · percentile 7 / cohort 1533

Distance 423.55 pc · percentile 71 / cohort 1759

ESI 0.025 · percentile 0 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

2.022 days

Semi-major axis

0.0365 AU

Eccentricity

—

Inclination

79.90 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.02 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0365 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.820 %

Duration

2.724 h

Impact parameter b

0.770

Rp / R★

0.090600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,592.4643

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 8,200 ppm lasting ≈ 2.72 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.090600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.230

Impact parameter (b)

0.770

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,592.4643

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

-165.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08620

Eq. Temperature

2,329K

(2056 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3,208.41

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.025

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Temple et al. 2017

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2017-11

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2017 at Multiple Observatories (12 shown).

GJ 625 b · Super-Earth TRAPPIST-1 e · Rocky Terrestrial TRAPPIST-1 f · Rocky Terrestrial TRAPPIST-1 g · Rocky Terrestrial TRAPPIST-1 h · Rocky Terrestrial HD 34445 e · Neptune-like BD+03 2562 b · Gas Giant HD 111591 b · Gas Giant HD 34445 d · Neptune-like MOA-2012-BLG-006L b · Gas Giant HD 76920 b · Gas Giant HD 34445 f · Neptune-like

Host System: WASP-167

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

7,000 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.29 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.790 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.590 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.130 dex

Stellar density

0.390 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-3.41 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

49.94 km/s

Rotation period

1.81 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

423.55 parsec

Light-years 1,381.44 ly

V-band magnitude

10.52 mag

Voyager-speed travel 24,361,698 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.334 mas

Total Proper Motion

18.687 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-18.66 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.04 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.782 · y = -0.225 · z = -0.581

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 196.04379° · Dec -35.54953°

Galactic ℓ, b

305.846° · 27.250°

Ecliptic λ, β

209.228° · -26.358°

HTM-20 index

17121554