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WASP-78

Unclassified star • 754.3 pc

Records

8

literature rows

Planets

1

system count

References

9

distinct source labels

TIC: TIC 139528693

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

6195.5 K

6100 to 6316.5

8 values • 3 distinct

Mass

1.29 Msun

1.18 to 1.87

6 values • 6 distinct

Radius

2.08 Rsun

1.49 to 2.46

8 values • 7 distinct

Age

3.85 Gyr

2.80 to 4.90

2 values • 2 distinct

Luminosity

0.77 log(Lsun)

0.76 to 0.78

2 values • 2 distinct

Distance

754.3 pc

single adopted value

8 values • 1 distinct

Planets

1

Stable across source rows

1

System Layout

Known planets

1 planets linked to this host

WASP-78 b

Transit

Discovery

2012

Period

2.18 days

Radius

17.82 R⊕

Mass

259.7 M⊕

Eq. Temp

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

8

Stellar refs

8

System refs

1

Distancestable

8 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

8 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturedisputed

8 values • 3 distinct

Massdisputed

6 values • 6 distinct

Radiusdisputed

8 values • 7 distinct

Agedisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Luminositydisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Surface Gravitydisputed

6 values • 6 distinct

Metallicitydisputed

5 values • 2 distinct

ST TEFFST MASSST RADST AGEST LUMST SPECTYPESY DISTStellar RefSystem Ref
61001.332.20754.3Smalley et al. 2012TICv8
61001.872.46754.3Stassun et al. 2017TICv8
6316.52.010.76754.3Gaia DR2TICv8
61001.182.094.90754.3Bonomo et al. 2017TICv8
62912.06754.3ExoFOPTICv8
61001.392.352.80754.3Brown et al. 2017TICv8
62911.232.060.78754.3TICv8TICv8
62911.241.49754.3Mortier et al. 2013TICv8