Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-173 A b
Host star WASP-173 A • 13.45 R⊕ • 1.39 d orbit
Records
6
archive rows
Discovery
2018
Transit
Radius
13.45 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
1172.8 M⊕
default parameter set
WASP-173 A
1880 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: Hellier et al. 2019
Host Star
WASP-173 A
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2018
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
1.39 day
1.39 to 1.39
Semi-Major Axis
0.02 au
0.02 to 0.03
Radius
13.45 Rearth
12.98 to 14.40
Mass
1172.8 Mearth
1102.9 to 1172.8
Density
2.84 g/cm**3
2.02 to 2.84
Equilibrium Temperature
1880 K
1679.4 to 1880
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 13.45 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-173 A b
13.45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Transit | SuperWASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.39 day | 13.45 Rearth | 1172.8 Mearth | 1880 K | Hellier et al. 2019 |
| 2018 | Transit | SuperWASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.39 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2018 | Transit | SuperWASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.39 day | 12.98 Rearth | — | 1679.4 K | ExoFOP |
| 2018 | Transit | SuperWASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.39 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |
| 2018 | Transit | SuperWASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.39 day | 13.45 Rearth | 1172.8 Mearth | — | Knudstrup et al. 2024 |
| 2018 | Transit | SuperWASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.39 day | 14.40 Rearth | 1102.9 Mearth | 1842 K | Labadie-Bartz et al. 2019 |