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WASP-38

F8 V • 136.2 pc

Records

11

literature rows

Planets

1

system count

References

12

distinct source labels

HD: HD 146389TIC: TIC 318696424

Approximate color

from effective temperature

Canonical Summary

Adopted host values from all rows

Numeric fields use the median of non-null measurements. Disagreement stays visible through ranges, counts, and provenance.

Temperature

6180 K

6124 to 6436

9 values • 7 distinct

Mass

1.23 Msun

1.14 to 1.76

8 values • 6 distinct

Radius

1.35 Rsun

0.73 to 1.54

8 values • 6 distinct

Age

2.80 Gyr

1 to 3.29

3 values • 3 distinct

Luminosity

0.47 log(Lsun)

0.45 to 0.48

2 values • 2 distinct

Distance

136.2 pc

single adopted value

11 values • 1 distinct

Spectral Type

F8 V

Consistent across records

F8 V (1)

Planets

1

Stable across source rows

1

System Layout

Known planets

1 planets linked to this host

WASP-38 b

Transit

Discovery

2010

Period

6.87 days

Radius

12.22 R⊕

Mass

841.6 M⊕

Eq. Temp

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

11

Stellar refs

11

System refs

1

Distancestable

11 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

11 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturedisputed

9 values • 7 distinct

Massdisputed

8 values • 6 distinct

Radiusdisputed

8 values • 6 distinct

Agedisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Luminositydisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Surface Gravitydisputed

5 values • 3 distinct

Metallicitydisputed

8 values • 3 distinct

Spectral Typestable

1 values • 1 distinct

ST TEFFST MASSST RADST AGEST LUMST SPECTYPESY DISTStellar RefSystem Ref
64361.281.352.80136.2Borsato et al. 2021TICv8
62001F8 V136.2Salz et al. 2015TICv8
61801.761.52136.2Stassun et al. 2017TICv8
1.231.35136.2Brown et al. 2012TICv8
64361.140.73136.2Mortier et al. 2013TICv8
61241.161.540.48136.2TICv8TICv8
1.23136.2Knutson et al. 2014TICv8
61701.470.45136.2Gaia DR2TICv8
61501.201.33136.2Barros et al. 2010TICv8
6247136.2Tsantaki et al. 2014TICv8
61801.231.353.29136.2Bonomo et al. 2017TICv8