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WASP-78 b

Host star WASP-78 • 19.05 R⊕ • 2.18 d orbit

Records

9

archive rows

Discovery

—

Transit

Radius

19.05 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

278.1 M⊕

median non-null value

WASP-78

2350 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-78

Discovery

Transit

Year

2012

Period

2.18 day

Radius

17.82 Rearth

Mass

259.7 Mearth

Eq. Temp

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Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 19.05 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

WASP-78 b

19.05 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

Periodstable

9 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

5 values • 5 distinct

Massdisputed

4 values • 4 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2012TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L2.18 day17.82 Rearth259.7 Mearth—Bonomo et al. 2017
2012TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L2.18 day23.09 Rearth273.3 Mearth2469.7 KBrown et al. 2017
2012TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L2.18 day———Kokori et al. 2022
2012TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L2.18 day———Ivshina & Winn 2022
2012TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L2.18 day19.05 Rearth282.9 Mearth2350 KSmalley et al. 2012
2012TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L2.18 day21.63 Rearth352.8 Mearth—Stassun et al. 2017
2012TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L2.18 day18.79 Rearth—2124.3 KExoFOP
2012TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L2.18 day———Kokori et al. 2023
2012TransitSuperWASPCanon 200mm f/1.8L2.18 day———Patel & Espinoza 2022