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WASP-15 b

Host star WASP-15 • 15.79 R⊕ • 3.75 d orbit

Records

11

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

15.79 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

173.7 M⊕

median non-null value

WASP-15

1594.4 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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Host Star

WASP-15

Discovery

Transit

Year

2009

Period

3.75 day

Radius

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 15.79 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

WASP-15 b

15.79 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

11

Refs

11

Methods

1

Discoverystable

11 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

11 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

10 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

6 values • 5 distinct

Massdisputed

6 values • 6 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.75 dayKokori et al. 2023
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L179.9 MearthKnutson et al. 2014
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.75 day15.78 Rearth188.2 Mearth1676 KSouthworth et al. 2013
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.75 dayPatel & Espinoza 2022
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.75 dayKokori et al. 2022
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.75 day15.46 Rearth175.1 MearthTriaud et al. 2010
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.75 day15.80 Rearth171.6 MearthStassun et al. 2017
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.75 day16.01 Rearth172 MearthWest et al. 2009
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.75 dayIvshina & Winn 2022
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.75 day14.94 Rearth1512.8 KExoFOP
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.75 day16.01 Rearth172.3 MearthBonomo et al. 2017