Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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LP 791-18 b
Host star LP 791-18 • 1.21 R⊕ • 0.95 d orbit
Records
3
archive rows
Discovery
2019
Transit
Radius
1.21 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
—
default parameter set
LP 791-18
564.3 K equilibrium
Canonical Summary
Adopted planet values from the default parameter set
Values come from the archive's default parameter set. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Selected source: Peterson et al. 2023
Host Star
LP 791-18
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2019
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
0.95 day
0.95 to 0.95
Semi-Major Axis
9.78e-3 au
9.69e-3 to 9.78e-3
Radius
1.21 Rearth
1.12 to 1.21
Equilibrium Temperature
564.3 K
542.8 to 650
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 1.21 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
LP 791-18 b
1.21 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
3
Refs
3
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Transit | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) | 0.1 m TESS Telescope | 0.95 day | 1.12 Rearth | — | 650 K | Crossfield et al. 2019 |
| 2019 | Transit | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) | 0.1 m TESS Telescope | 0.95 day | 1.19 Rearth | — | 542.8 K | ExoFOP |
| 2019 | Transit | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) | 0.1 m TESS Telescope | 0.95 day | 1.21 Rearth | — | 564.3 K | Peterson et al. 2023 |