Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-120 b
Host star WASP-120 • 15.58 R⊕
Records
6
archive rows
Discovery
2016
Transit
Radius
15.58 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
—
default parameter set
WASP-120
1749 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: Alexoudi 2022
Host Star
WASP-120
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2016
Stable across source rows
Radius
15.58 Rearth
13.61 to 16.51
Density
2.33 g/cm**3
2 to 2.33
Equilibrium Temperature
1749 K
1665.5 to 1880
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 15.58 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-120 b
15.58 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
6
Refs
6
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massstable
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.61 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.61 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.61 day | 13.61 Rearth | — | 1665.5 K | ExoFOP |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.61 day | 16.51 Rearth | 1541.5 Mearth | 1880 K | Turner et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.61 day | — | — | — | Patel & Espinoza 2022 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | — | 15.58 Rearth | — | 1749 K | Alexoudi 2022 |