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WASP-66 b

Host star WASP-66 • 15.58 R⊕ • 4.09 d orbit

Records

8

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

15.58 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

742.1 M⊕

median non-null value

WASP-66

1569.7 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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Host Star

WASP-66

Discovery

Transit

Year

2012

Period

4.09 day

Radius

15.58 Rearth

Mass

737.3 Mearth

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 15.58 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

WASP-66 b

15.58 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

5 values • 3 distinct

Massdisputed

4 values • 4 distinct

Eq. Tempstable

1 values • 1 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2012TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L4.09 day15.58 Rearth737.3 MearthHellier et al. 2012
2012TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L4.09 day15.69 Rearth746.9 MearthStassun et al. 2017
2012TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L4.09 day13.03 Rearth1569.7 KExoFOP
2012TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L4.09 day15.58 Rearth737.4 MearthAddison et al. 2016
2012TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L4.09 dayKokori et al. 2023
2012TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L4.09 dayPatel & Espinoza 2022
2012TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L4.09 day15.58 Rearth753.3 MearthBonomo et al. 2017
2012TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L4.09 dayIvshina & Winn 2022