Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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MASCARA-1 b
Host star MASCARA-1 • 17.90 R⊕ • 2.15 d orbit
Records
3
archive rows
Discovery
2017
Transit
Radius
17.90 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
—
default parameter set
MASCARA-1
2594.3 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: Hooton et al. 2022
Host Star
MASCARA-1
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2017
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
2.15 day
2.14 to 2.15
Semi-Major Axis
0.04 au
0.04 to 0.04
Radius
17.90 Rearth
16.81 to 21.37
Equilibrium Temperature
2594.3 K
2570 to 3907
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 17.90 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
MASCARA-1 b
17.90 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
3
Refs
3
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Perioddisputed
Radiusdisputed
Massstable
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Transit | Multiple Observatories | Multiple Telescopes | 2.15 day | 16.81 Rearth | 1176.0 Mearth | 2570 K | Talens et al. 2017 |
| 2017 | Transit | Multiple Observatories | Multiple Telescopes | 2.14 day | 21.37 Rearth | — | 3907 K | ExoFOP |
| 2017 | Transit | Multiple Observatories | Multiple Telescopes | 2.15 day | 17.90 Rearth | — | 2594.3 K | Hooton et al. 2022 |