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WASP-12 b

Host star WASP-12 • 20.46 R⊕ • 1.09 d orbit

Records

19

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

20.46 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

448.1 M⊕

median non-null value

WASP-12

2526.5 K equilibrium

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Host Star

WASP-12

Discovery

Transit

Year

2008

Period

1.09 day

Radius

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 20.46 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

WASP-12 b

20.46 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

19

Refs

19

Methods

1

Discoverystable

19 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

19 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

16 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

11 values • 10 distinct

Massdisputed

10 values • 9 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

8 values • 8 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2008TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.09 daySodickson & Grunblatt 2025
2008TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.09 day20.39 Rearth448.1 Mearth2601 KÖztürk & Erdem 2019
2008TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.09 dayKokori et al. 2022
2008TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.09 day20.46 Rearth454.5 Mearth2523 KSouthworth 2012
2008TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.09 day20.10 Rearth448 MearthHebb et al. 2009
2008TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.09 day20.85 Rearth638.8 Mearth2483 KTurner et al. 2016
2008TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.09 day20.46 Rearth441.8 MearthBonomo et al. 2017
2008TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.09 dayMaciejewski et al. 2016
2008TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L2530 KBarstow et al. 2017
2008TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.09 day20.40 Rearth416.4 MearthStassun et al. 2017
2008TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.09 day21.71 Rearth465.6 Mearth2592.6 KChakrabarty & Sengupta 2019
2008TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.09 dayKokori et al. 2023
2008TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8LAlbrecht et al. 2012
2008TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.09 day22.62 Rearth2428.5 KExoFOP
2008TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.09 day22.03 RearthLeonardi et al. 2024
2008TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L441.8 MearthKnutson et al. 2014
2008TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.09 dayIvshina & Winn 2022
2008TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.09 day19.39 Rearth445.0 Mearth2510 KSing et al. 2016
2008TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.09 day21.30 Rearth467.2 Mearth2580 KCollins et al. 2017