Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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TOI-540 b
Host star TOI-540 • 0.90 R⊕ • 1.24 d orbit
Records
3
archive rows
Discovery
2020
Transit
Radius
0.90 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
—
default parameter set
TOI-540
611 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: Ment et al. 2021
Host Star
TOI-540
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2020
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
1.24 day
1.24 to 1.24
Semi-Major Axis
0.01 au
single adopted value
Radius
0.90 Rearth
0.90 to 0.97
Equilibrium Temperature
611 K
550.2 to 611
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 0.90 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
TOI-540 b
0.90 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
3
Refs
3
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Transit | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) | 0.1 m TESS Telescope | 1.24 day | — | — | — | Patel & Espinoza 2022 |
| 2020 | Transit | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) | 0.1 m TESS Telescope | 1.24 day | 0.97 Rearth | — | 550.2 K | ExoFOP |
| 2020 | Transit | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) | 0.1 m TESS Telescope | 1.24 day | 0.90 Rearth | — | 611 K | Ment et al. 2021 |