The WASP-43 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 282.93 light years away from the solar system.
| Mass | 0.58 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.6 solar radiae |
| Temperature | 4400 kelvin |
| Stellar Metallicity | -0.01 decimal exponent |
| Age | 7 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-43 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
| Mass | 565.714 Earth masses |
| Density | 2.939 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 10.424 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.0142 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0 |
| Orbital Period | 0.813 days |
| Discovery Method | Transit |
| Discovery Facility | SuperWASP |
| Discovery Telescope | Canon 200mm f/1.8L |
| Discovery Instrument | iKon-L CCD Camera |
| Discovery Date | 2011-11 |
| Reference | Hellier et al. 2011 |