Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WD 1856+534 b
Host star WD 1856+534 • 10.40 R⊕ • 1.41 d orbit
Records
3
archive rows
Discovery
2020
Transit
Radius
10.40 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
4386.1 M⊕
default parameter set
WD 1856+534
163 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: Vanderburg et al. 2020
Host Star
WD 1856+534
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2020
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
1.41 day
1.41 to 1.41
Semi-Major Axis
0.02 au
0.02 to 0.02
Radius
10.40 Rearth
10.40 to 10.60
Mass
4386.1 Mearth
1652.7 to 4386.1
Equilibrium Temperature
163 K
163 to 1626.2
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 10.40 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WD 1856+534 b
10.40 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
3
Refs
3
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Transit | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) | 0.1 m TESS Telescope | 1.41 day | — | — | 1626.2 K | ExoFOP |
| 2020 | Transit | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) | 0.1 m TESS Telescope | 1.41 day | 10.40 Rearth | 4386.1 Mearth | 163 K | Vanderburg et al. 2020 |
| 2020 | Transit | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) | 0.1 m TESS Telescope | 1.41 day | 10.60 Rearth | 1652.7 Mearth | 165 K | Limbach et al. 2025 |