Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-176 b
Host star WASP-176 • 16.87 R⊕ • 3.90 d orbit
Records
2
archive rows
Discovery
2020
Transit
Radius
16.87 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
271.7 M⊕
default parameter set
WASP-176
1721 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: Cooke et al. 2020
Host Star
WASP-176
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2020
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
3.90 day
3.90 to 3.90
Semi-Major Axis
0.05 au
single adopted value
Radius
16.87 Rearth
15.26 to 16.87
Mass
271.7 Mearth
single adopted value
Density
0.31 g/cm**3
single adopted value
Equilibrium Temperature
1721 K
1638.5 to 1721
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 16.87 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-176 b
16.87 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
2
Refs
2
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massstable
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Transit | SuperWASP-North | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.90 day | 16.87 Rearth | 271.7 Mearth | 1721 K | Cooke et al. 2020 |
| 2020 | Transit | SuperWASP-North | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.90 day | 15.26 Rearth | — | 1638.5 K | ExoFOP |