Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-50 b
Host star WASP-50 • 13.07 R⊕ • 1.96 d orbit
Records
11
archive rows
Discovery
2011
Transit
Radius
13.07 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
466.8 M⊕
default parameter set
WASP-50
1394.8 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: Chakrabarty & Sengupta 2019
Host Star
WASP-50
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2011
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
1.96 day
1.96 to 1.96
Semi-Major Axis
0.03 au
0.03 to 0.03
Radius
13.07 Rearth
12.89 to 13.67
Mass
466.8 Mearth
464.0 to 524.4
Density
1.32 g/cm**3
1.18 to 1.32
Equilibrium Temperature
1394.8 K
1307.3 to 1394.8
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 13.07 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-50 b
13.07 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
11
Refs
11
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.96 day | 13.14 Rearth | — | 1307.3 K | ExoFOP |
| 2011 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.96 day | 13.67 Rearth | 524.4 Mearth | — | Stassun et al. 2017 |
| 2011 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.96 day | — | — | — | Yalçınkaya et al. 2024 |
| 2011 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.96 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |
| 2011 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.96 day | 12.92 Rearth | 466.6 Mearth | — | Gillon et al. 2011 |
| 2011 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.96 day | 13.07 Rearth | 466.8 Mearth | 1394.8 K | Chakrabarty & Sengupta 2019 |
| 2011 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.96 day | — | — | — | Patel & Espinoza 2022 |
| 2011 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.96 day | 12.92 Rearth | 464.0 Mearth | — | Bonomo et al. 2017 |
| 2011 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.96 day | 12.89 Rearth | 467.2 Mearth | — | Knudstrup et al. 2024 |
| 2011 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.96 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2011 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.96 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2022 |