Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Wolf 503 b
Host star Wolf 503 • 2.04 R⊕ • 6.00 d orbit
Records
4
archive rows
Discovery
2018
Transit
Radius
2.04 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
6.26 M⊕
default parameter set
Wolf 503
790 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: Polanski et al. 2021
Host Star
Wolf 503
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2018
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
6.00 day
6.00 to 6.00
Semi-Major Axis
0.06 au
0.06 to 0.06
Radius
2.04 Rearth
1.76 to 2.04
Mass
6.26 Mearth
6.26 to 6.27
Density
2.92 g/cm**3
2.92 to 4.03
Equilibrium Temperature
790 K
481.3 to 805
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 2.04 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Wolf 503 b
2.04 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
4
Refs
4
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.00 day | 2.04 Rearth | 6.27 Mearth | 789 K | Bonomo et al. 2023 |
| 2018 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.00 day | 2.03 Rearth | — | 805 K | Peterson et al. 2018 |
| 2018 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | — | 1.76 Rearth | — | 481.3 K | ExoFOP |
| 2018 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.00 day | 2.04 Rearth | 6.26 Mearth | 790 K | Polanski et al. 2021 |