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WASP-16 b

Host star WASP-16 • 11.86 R⊕ • 3.12 d orbit

Records

11

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

11.86 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

272 M⊕

median non-null value

WASP-16

1292.0 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-16

Discovery

Transit

Year

2009

Period

3.12 day

Radius

11.86 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

1195.0 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 11.86 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

WASP-16 b

11.86 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

9 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

5 values • 4 distinct

Massdisputed

5 values • 5 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.12 day11.86 Rearth1195.0 KExoFOP
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L268.9 MearthKnutson et al. 2014
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.12 dayPatel & Espinoza 2022
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.12 day11.30 Rearth288.6 MearthBonomo et al. 2017
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.12 dayKokori et al. 2022
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8LAlbrecht et al. 2012
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.12 dayKokori et al. 2023
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.12 day13.67 Rearth394.1 MearthStassun et al. 2017
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.12 day13.65 Rearth264.4 Mearth1389 KSouthworth et al. 2013
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.12 day11.30 Rearth272 MearthLister et al. 2009
2009TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L3.12 dayIvshina & Winn 2022