Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Wendelstein-2 b
Host star Wendelstein-2 • 12.99 R⊕ • 1.75 d orbit
Records
2
archive rows
Discovery
2020
Transit
Radius
12.99 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
232.3 M⊕
default parameter set
Wendelstein-2
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: Obermeier et al. 2020
Host Star
Wendelstein-2
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2020
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
1.75 day
1.75 to 1.75
Semi-Major Axis
0.02 au
single adopted value
Radius
12.99 Rearth
12.99 to 20.32
Mass
232.3 Mearth
single adopted value
Density
0.62 g/cm**3
single adopted value
Equilibrium Temperature
2470 K
1045.5 to 2470
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 12.99 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Wendelstein-2 b
12.99 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
2
Refs
2
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massstable
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Transit | Haleakala Observatory | 1.8-m Ritchey-Chretien Telescope | 1.75 day | 12.99 Rearth | 232.3 Mearth | 2470 K | Obermeier et al. 2020 |
| 2020 | Transit | Haleakala Observatory | 1.8-m Ritchey-Chretien Telescope | 1.75 day | 20.32 Rearth | — | 1045.5 K | ExoFOP |