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WASP-172 b

Host star WASP-172 • 17.60 R⊕ • 5.48 d orbit

Records

5

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

17.60 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

149.4 M⊕

median non-null value

WASP-172

1737.5 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-172

Discovery

Transit

Year

2018

Period

5.48 day

Radius

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 17.60 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

WASP-172 b

17.60 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

3 values • 2 distinct

Massstable

2 values • 1 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2018TransitSuperWASP-SouthCanon 200mm f/1.8L5.48 dayIvshina & Winn 2022
2018TransitSuperWASP-SouthCanon 200mm f/1.8L5.48 dayKokori et al. 2023
2018TransitSuperWASP-SouthCanon 200mm f/1.8L5.48 day17.60 Rearth149.4 Mearth1740 KHellier et al. 2019
2018TransitSuperWASP-SouthCanon 200mm f/1.8L5.48 day17.60 Rearth149.4 MearthKnudstrup et al. 2024
2018TransitSuperWASP-SouthCanon 200mm f/1.8L5.48 day20.34 Rearth1735 KExoFOP