Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-87 b
Host star WASP-87 • 15.52 R⊕ • 1.68 d orbit
Records
4
archive rows
Discovery
2016
Transit
Radius
15.52 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
692.9 M⊕
default parameter set
WASP-87
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: Addison et al. 2016
Host Star
WASP-87
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2016
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
1.68 day
1.68 to 1.68
Semi-Major Axis
0.03 au
single adopted value
Radius
15.52 Rearth
14.87 to 15.52
Mass
692.9 Mearth
single adopted value
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 15.52 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-87 b
15.52 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
4
Refs
4
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massstable
Eq. Tempstable
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Transit | Anglo-Australian Telescope | 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope | 1.68 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |
| 2016 | Transit | Anglo-Australian Telescope | 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope | 1.68 day | 15.52 Rearth | 692.9 Mearth | — | Addison et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | Anglo-Australian Telescope | 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope | 1.68 day | 14.87 Rearth | — | 2049.5 K | ExoFOP |
| 2016 | Transit | Anglo-Australian Telescope | 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope | 1.68 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |