Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-178 b
Host star WASP-178 • 20.29 R⊕ • 3.34 d orbit
Records
4
archive rows
Discovery
2019
Transit
Radius
20.29 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
527.6 M⊕
default parameter set
WASP-178
2470 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-178
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2019
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
3.34 day
3.34 to 3.34
Semi-Major Axis
0.06 au
0.05 to 0.06
Radius
20.29 Rearth
20.29 to 21.75
Mass
527.6 Mearth
448.1 to 527.6
Density
0.37 g/cm**3
0.24 to 0.37
Equilibrium Temperature
2470 K
2277 to 2470
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 20.29 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-178 b
20.29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Transit | WASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.34 day | 20.29 Rearth | 527.6 Mearth | 2470 K | Hellier et al. 2019 |
| 2019 | Transit | WASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.34 day | 21.75 Rearth | 448.1 Mearth | 2402 K | Rodríguez Martínez et al. 2020 |
| 2019 | Transit | WASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.34 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |
| 2019 | Transit | WASP-South | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.34 day | 21.20 Rearth | — | 2277 K | ExoFOP |