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WASP-38 b

Host star WASP-38 • 12.24 R⊕ • 6.87 d orbit

Records

9

archive rows

Discovery

—

Transit

Radius

12.24 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

858.1 M⊕

median non-null value

WASP-38

1250 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-38

Discovery

Transit

Year

2010

Period

6.87 day

Radius

12.22 Rearth

Mass

841.6 Mearth

Eq. Temp

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Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 12.24 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

WASP-38 b

12.24 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

9

Refs

9

Methods

1

Discoverystable

9 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

9 values • 1 distinct

Perioddisputed

8 values • 2 distinct

Radiusdisputed

6 values • 5 distinct

Massdisputed

7 values • 6 distinct

Eq. Tempstable

1 values • 1 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2010TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L6.87 day12.22 Rearth841.6 Mearth—Bonomo et al. 2017
2010TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L6.87 day12.26 Rearth855.2 Mearth—Barros et al. 2010
2010TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L6.90 day12.30 Rearth858.1 Mearth1250 KSalz et al. 2015
2010TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L——859.7 Mearth—Knutson et al. 2014
2010TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L6.87 day———Ivshina & Winn 2022
2010TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L6.87 day———Kokori et al. 2023
2010TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L6.87 day11.99 Rearth858.1 Mearth—Borsato et al. 2021
2010TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L6.87 day12.22 Rearth861.3 Mearth—Brown et al. 2012
2010TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L6.87 day13.79 Rearth1093.3 Mearth—Stassun et al. 2017