WASP-5b is an exoplanet orbiting the star WASP-5 located approximately 1000 light-years away in the constellation Phoenix.

The planet's mass and radius indicate that it is a gas giant with a similar bulk composition to Jupiter.

The small orbital distance of WASP-5 b around its star means it belongs to a class of planets known as hot Jupiters.

The planetary equilibrium temperature would be 1717 K,[1] but the measured dayside temperature is higher, with a 2015 study finding 2500±100 K[4] and a 2020 study finding 2000±90 K.[3] A study in 2012, utilizing the Rossiter–McLaughlin effect, determined that the planetary orbit is probably aligned with the equatorial plane of the star, with misalignment equal to 12.1+8−10°.

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