Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-92 b
Host star WASP-92 • 16.38 R⊕ • 2.17 d orbit
Records
7
archive rows
Discovery
2016
Transit
Radius
16.38 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
255.9 M⊕
default parameter set
WASP-92
1871 K equilibrium
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: Hay et al. 2016
Host Star
WASP-92
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2016
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
2.17 day
2.17 to 2.17
Semi-Major Axis
0.03 au
0.03 to 0.04
Radius
16.38 Rearth
14.07 to 16.38
Mass
255.9 Mearth
single adopted value
Density
0.35 g/cm**3
single adopted value
Equilibrium Temperature
1871 K
1618.6 to 1871
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 16.38 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-92 b
16.38 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
7
Refs
7
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massstable
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 2.17 day | 16.38 Rearth | 255.9 Mearth | 1871 K | Hay et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 2.17 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2022 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 2.17 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 2.17 day | 14.23 Rearth | — | 1618.6 K | ExoFOP |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 2.17 day | — | — | — | Patel & Espinoza 2022 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 2.17 day | 14.07 Rearth | — | — | Gajdoš et al. 2019 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 2.17 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |