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WASP-20 b

Host star WASP-20 • 15.97 R⊕ • 4.90 d orbit

Records

8

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

15.97 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

98.85 M⊕

median non-null value

WASP-20

1362 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-20

Discovery

Transit

Year

2015

Period

4.90 day

Radius

16.39 Rearth

Mass

98.84 Mearth

Eq. Temp

1379 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 15.97 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

WASP-20 b

15.97 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

8

Refs

8

Methods

1

Discoverystable

8 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

8 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

6 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

5 values • 4 distinct

Massdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2015TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L4.90 day16.39 Rearth98.84 Mearth1379 KAnderson et al. 2015
2015TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L4.90 day15.97 RearthExoFOP
2015TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L4.90 dayIvshina & Winn 2022
2015TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L15.47 Rearth1362 KAlexoudi 2022
2015TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L4.90 dayKokori et al. 2023
2015TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L4.90 dayKokori et al. 2022
2015TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L14.35 Rearth120.1 Mearth1282 KEvans et al. 2016
2015TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L4.90 day16.39 Rearth98.85 MearthBonomo et al. 2017