Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-10 b
Host star WASP-10 • 12.11 R⊕ • 3.09 d orbit
Records
11
archive rows
Discovery
2008
Transit
Radius
12.11 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
1001.1 M⊕
default parameter set
WASP-10
1370 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: Johnson et al. 2009
Host Star
WASP-10
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2008
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
3.09 day
3.09 to 3.10
Semi-Major Axis
0.04 au
0.04 to 0.04
Radius
12.11 Rearth
11.96 to 14.35
Mass
1001.1 Mearth
940.8 to 1071.1
Density
4.14 g/cm**3
1.90 to 4.14
Equilibrium Temperature
1370 K
926.4 to 1370
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 12.11 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-10 b
12.11 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
11
Refs
11
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Perioddisputed
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.09 day | — | — | — | Sada & Ramón-Fox 2016 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.09 day | 12.66 Rearth | — | 926.4 K | ExoFOP |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.09 day | 14.35 Rearth | 940.8 Mearth | — | Christian et al. 2009 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | — | — | 1071.1 Mearth | — | Knutson et al. 2014 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.09 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.10 day | 12.30 Rearth | 1017 Mearth | 950 K | Salz et al. 2015 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.09 day | 11.96 Rearth | 1020.2 Mearth | — | Bonomo et al. 2017 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.09 day | 11.96 Rearth | 1004.3 Mearth | 972 K | Southworth 2010 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.09 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2022 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.09 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.09 day | 12.11 Rearth | 1001.1 Mearth | 1370 K | Johnson et al. 2009 |