Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-131 b
Host star WASP-131 • 13.74 R⊕ • 5.32 d orbit
Records
6
archive rows
Discovery
2016
Transit
Radius
13.74 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
86.77 M⊕
default parameter set
WASP-131
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: Doyle et al. 2023
Host Star
WASP-131
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2016
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
5.32 day
5.32 to 5.32
Semi-Major Axis
0.06 au
0.06 to 0.06
Radius
13.74 Rearth
13.67 to 17.10
Mass
86.77 Mearth
85.81 to 86.77
Density
0.20 g/cm**3
0.20 to 0.20
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 13.74 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-131 b
13.74 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
6
Refs
6
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 5.32 day | 17.10 Rearth | — | 1432.6 K | ExoFOP |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 5.32 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 5.32 day | 13.74 Rearth | 86.77 Mearth | — | Doyle et al. 2023 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 5.32 day | 13.67 Rearth | 85.81 Mearth | 1460 K | Hellier et al. 2017 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 5.32 day | — | — | — | Patel & Espinoza 2022 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 5.32 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |