Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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MASCARA-4 b
Host star MASCARA-4 • 16.98 R⊕ • 2.82 d orbit
Records
5
archive rows
Discovery
2020
Transit
Radius
16.98 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
532.4 M⊕
default parameter set
MASCARA-4
2250 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: Zhang et al. 2022
Host Star
MASCARA-4
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2020
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
2.82 day
2.82 to 2.82
Semi-Major Axis
0.05 au
0.05 to 0.05
Radius
16.98 Rearth
16.98 to 17.79
Mass
532.4 Mearth
532.4 to 985.3
Density
0.48 g/cm**3
single adopted value
Equilibrium Temperature
2250 K
2100 to 2332
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 16.98 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
MASCARA-4 b
16.98 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
5
Refs
5
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Transit | Multiple Observatories | Multiple Telescopes | 2.82 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |
| 2020 | Transit | Multiple Observatories | Multiple Telescopes | 2.82 day | 17.79 Rearth | — | 2332 K | ExoFOP |
| 2020 | Transit | Multiple Observatories | Multiple Telescopes | 2.82 day | 17.15 Rearth | 985.3 Mearth | 2100 K | Dorval et al. 2020 |
| 2020 | Transit | Multiple Observatories | Multiple Telescopes | 2.82 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2020 | Transit | Multiple Observatories | Multiple Telescopes | 2.82 day | 16.98 Rearth | 532.4 Mearth | 2250 K | Zhang et al. 2022 |