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WTS-1 b

Host star WTS-1 • 16.70 R⊕ • 3.35 d orbit

Records

1

archive rows

Discovery

2012

Transit

Radius

16.70 R⊕

default parameter set

Mass

1274.4 M⊕

default parameter set

WTS-1

1500 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: Cappetta et al. 2012

Host Star

WTS-1

Stable across source rows

WTS-1

Discovery Method

Transit

Consistent across records

Transit (1)

Discovery Year

2012

Stable across source rows

2012

Orbital Period

3.35 day

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Semi-Major Axis

0.05 au

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Radius

16.70 Rearth

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Mass

1274.4 Mearth

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Density

1.61 g/cm**3

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Equilibrium Temperature

1500 K

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 16.70 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

WTS-1 b

16.70 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

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Evidence Summary

Rows

1

Refs

1

Methods

1

Discoverystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Radiusstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Massstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Eq. Tempstable

1 values • 1 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2012TransitUnited Kingdom Infrared Telescope3.8 m United Kingdom Infrared Telescope3.35 day16.70 Rearth1274.4 Mearth1500 KCappetta et al. 2012