Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-142 b
Host star WASP-142 • 17.15 R⊕ • 2.05 d orbit
Records
5
archive rows
Discovery
2016
Transit
Radius
17.15 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
267.0 M⊕
default parameter set
WASP-142
2000 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: Hellier et al. 2017
Host Star
WASP-142
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2016
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
2.05 day
2.05 to 2.05
Semi-Major Axis
0.03 au
single adopted value
Radius
17.15 Rearth
17.15 to 17.63
Mass
267.0 Mearth
single adopted value
Density
0.31 g/cm**3
single adopted value
Equilibrium Temperature
2000 K
1909.3 to 2000
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 17.15 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-142 b
17.15 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
5
Refs
5
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massstable
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 2.05 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 2.05 day | 17.63 Rearth | — | 1909.3 K | ExoFOP |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 2.05 day | 17.15 Rearth | 267.0 Mearth | 2000 K | Hellier et al. 2017 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 2.05 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 2.05 day | — | — | — | Patel & Espinoza 2022 |