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WASP-138 b

Host star WASP-138 • 13.23 R⊕ • 3.63 d orbit

Records

5

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

13.23 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

387.8 M⊕

median non-null value

WASP-138

1603 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

Fast scan of the current planet profile

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-138

Discovery

Transit

Year

2016

Period

3.63 day

Radius

12.22 Rearth

Mass

387.8 Mearth

Eq. Temp

1590 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 13.23 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

WASP-138 b

13.23 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

5

Refs

5

Methods

1

Discoverystable

5 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

5 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

5 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Massstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2016TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.63 day12.22 Rearth387.8 Mearth1590 KLam et al. 2017
2016TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.63 day14.25 Rearth1616 KExoFOP
2016TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.63 dayIvshina & Winn 2022
2016TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.63 dayPatel & Espinoza 2022
2016TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.63 dayKokori et al. 2023