Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-8 b
Host star WASP-8 • 12.67 R⊕ • 8.16 d orbit
Records
11
archive rows
Discovery
2010
Transit
Radius
12.67 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
807.3 M⊕
default parameter set
WASP-8
temperature unconstrained
Canonical Summary
Adopted planet values from the default parameter set
Values come from the archive's default parameter set. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Selected source: Stassun et al. 2017
Host Star
WASP-8
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2010
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
8.16 day
8.16 to 8.20
Radius
12.67 Rearth
11.20 to 12.74
Mass
807.3 Mearth
677.6 to 807.3
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 12.67 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-8 b
12.67 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
11
Refs
11
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Perioddisputed
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 8.16 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 8.16 day | 12.74 Rearth | — | 1059 K | ExoFOP |
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 8.16 day | 12.55 Rearth | 696.0 Mearth | — | Borsato et al. 2021 |
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 8.16 day | 11.63 Rearth | 713.2 Mearth | — | Queloz et al. 2010 |
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 8.16 day | 12.67 Rearth | 807.3 Mearth | — | Stassun et al. 2017 |
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 8.16 day | 11.63 Rearth | 677.6 Mearth | — | Bonomo et al. 2017 |
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 8.16 day | — | — | — | Yalçınkaya et al. 2024 |
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 8.16 day | — | — | — | Bourrier et al. 2017 |
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 8.16 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 8.16 day | — | 711.9 Mearth | — | Knutson et al. 2014 |
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 8.20 day | 11.20 Rearth | 699.2 Mearth | 950 K | Salz et al. 2015 |