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WASP-46 b

Host star WASP-46 • 13.17 R⊕ • 1.43 d orbit

Records

8

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

13.17 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

607.1 M⊕

median non-null value

WASP-46

1581.0 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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Host Star

WASP-46

Discovery

Transit

Year

2011

Period

1.43 day

Radius

13.19 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

1525.9 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 13.17 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

WASP-46 b

13.17 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

8 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

4 values • 3 distinct

Massdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2011TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.43 day13.19 Rearth1525.9 KExoFOP
2011TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.43 dayKokori et al. 2023
2011TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.43 dayPatel & Espinoza 2022
2011TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.43 dayKokori et al. 2022
2011TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.43 day14.68 Rearth667.7 MearthAnderson et al. 2011
2011TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.43 day13.16 Rearth607.1 Mearth1636 KCiceri et al. 2016
2011TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.43 day13.16 Rearth603.9 MearthBonomo et al. 2017
2011TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L1.43 dayIvshina & Winn 2022