WASP-119 is a star with 1.02 times the mass of the Sun, and 1.2 times its radius. It is located 986.45 light years away from the solar system and is estimated to be 8 billion years old, as compared to the Sun which is roughly 4.6 billion years old.
WASP-119 is known to have 1 exoplanets in orbit around it.
WASP-119 b was discovered by the SuperWASP-South observatory, in 2016-06, using the transit method. Its semi-major axis is 0.04 astronomical units, as compared to Earth's which is 1 astronomical unit. The mass of WASP-119 b is 391.140 times the mass of Earth. The radius of WASP-119 b is 15.693 that of Earth. At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-119 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn in our solar system.