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WASP-120 b

Host star WASP-120 • 15.58 R⊕ • 3.61 d orbit

Records

6

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

15.58 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

1541.5 M⊕

median non-null value

WASP-120

1749 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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This first pass still reads from the currently available detail payload. Canonical adopted summaries will replace first-row values in the next backend pass.

Host Star

WASP-120

Discovery

Transit

Year

2016

Period

3.61 day

Radius

Mass

Eq. Temp

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

6 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

6 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

5 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Massstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2016TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.61 dayPatel & Espinoza 2022
2016TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L15.58 Rearth1749 KAlexoudi 2022
2016TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.61 day13.61 Rearth1665.5 KExoFOP
2016TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.61 dayIvshina & Winn 2022
2016TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.61 day16.51 Rearth1541.5 Mearth1880 KTurner et al. 2016
2016TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.61 dayKokori et al. 2023