Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-79 b
Host star WASP-79 • 17.15 R⊕ • 3.66 d orbit
Records
11
archive rows
Discovery
2012
Transit
Radius
17.15 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
270.2 M⊕
default parameter set
WASP-79
1716.2 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: Gressier et al. 2023
Host Star
WASP-79
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2012
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
3.66 day
3.66 to 3.66
Semi-Major Axis
0.05 au
0.05 to 0.05
Radius
17.15 Rearth
17.15 to 23.43
Mass
270.2 Mearth
267.9 to 286.0
Equilibrium Temperature
1716.2 K
1624.5 to 1900
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 17.15 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-79 b
17.15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.66 day | 17.15 Rearth | 270.2 Mearth | 1716.2 K | Brown et al. 2017 |
| 2012 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.66 day | 23.43 Rearth | 286.0 Mearth | 1900 K | Smalley et al. 2012 |
| 2012 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.66 day | 17.28 Rearth | — | 1624.5 K | ExoFOP |
| 2012 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.66 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2012 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.66 day | — | — | — | Skaf et al. 2020 |
| 2012 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.66 day | — | — | — | Patel & Espinoza 2022 |
| 2012 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.66 day | 20.40 Rearth | 267.9 Mearth | — | Bonomo et al. 2017 |
| 2012 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.66 day | 18.72 Rearth | 270.2 Mearth | — | Stassun et al. 2017 |
| 2012 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.66 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |
| 2012 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.66 day | 17.15 Rearth | 270.2 Mearth | 1716.2 K | Gressier et al. 2023 |
| 2012 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.66 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2022 |