ExoplanetDetail

WASP-163 b

Host star WASP-163 • 13.47 R⊕ • 1.61 d orbit

Records

archive rows

Discovery

2018

Transit

Radius

13.47 R⊕

default parameter set

Mass

594.3 M⊕

default parameter set

WASP-163

1638 K equilibrium

Selected source: Barkaoui et al. 2019

Host Star

WASP-163

Stable across source rows

WASP-163

Discovery Method

Transit

Consistent across records

Transit (2)

Discovery Year

2018

Stable across source rows

2018

Orbital Period

1.61 day

1.61 to 1.61

2 values • 2 distinct

Semi-Major Axis

0.03 au

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Radius

13.47 Rearth

13.47 to 14.82

2 values • 2 distinct

Mass

594.3 Mearth

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Density

1.42 g/cm**3

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Equilibrium Temperature

1638 K

1638 to 1780.2

2 values • 2 distinct

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

WASP-163 b

13.47 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Evidence Summary

Rows

Refs

Methods

Discoverystable

2 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

2 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

2 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Massstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Year	Method	Facility	Telescope	Period	Radius	Mass	Eq. Temp	Reference
2018	Transit	SuperWASP-South	Canon 200mm f/1.8L	1.61 day	13.47 Rearth	594.3 Mearth	1638 K	Barkaoui et al. 2019
2018	Transit	SuperWASP-South	Canon 200mm f/1.8L	1.61 day	14.82 Rearth	—	1780.2 K	ExoFOP

WASP-163 b

Adopted planet values from the default parameter set

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Underlying measurements and references