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WASP-8

G8 V • 89.96 pc

Records

12

literature rows

Planets

2

system count

References

13

distinct source labels

TIC: TIC 183532609

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

5600 K

5589 to 5690

11 values • 4 distinct

Mass

1.04 Msun

0.99 to 1.34

7 values • 5 distinct

Radius

0.99 Rsun

0.94 to 1.07

9 values • 7 distinct

Age

3 Gyr

1.60 to 4

3 values • 3 distinct

Luminosity

-0.06 log(Lsun)

-0.06 to -0.06

2 values • 2 distinct

Distance

89.96 pc

single adopted value

12 values • 1 distinct

Spectral Type

G8 V

Consistent across records

G8 V (1)

Planets

2

Stable across source rows

2

Scale Comparison

Radius against the Sun

Current adopted radius: 0.99 R☉ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Sun

1.0 R☉ baseline

WASP-8

0.99 R☉

System Layout

Known planets

2 planets linked to this host

WASP-8 b

Transit

Discovery

2010

Period

8.16 days

Radius

12.74 R⊕

Mass

Eq. Temp

1059 K

WASP-8 c

Radial Velocity

Discovery

2013

Period

4323 days

Radius

Mass

3003.4 M⊕

Eq. Temp

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

12

Stellar refs

12

System refs

1

Distancestable

12 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

12 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturedisputed

11 values • 4 distinct

Massdisputed

7 values • 5 distinct

Radiusdisputed

9 values • 7 distinct

Agedisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Luminositydisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Surface Gravitydisputed

6 values • 4 distinct

Metallicitydisputed

6 values • 3 distinct

Spectral Typestable

1 values • 1 distinct

ST TEFFST MASSST RADST AGEST LUMST SPECTYPESY DISTStellar RefSystem Ref
56901.041.0789.96Mortier et al. 2013TICv8
55890.991.00-0.0689.96TICv8TICv8
560089.96Yalçınkaya et al. 2024TICv8
56901.070.96389.96Borsato et al. 2021TICv8
56001.030.9489.96Queloz et al. 2010TICv8
56001.341.0389.96Stassun et al. 2017TICv8
56001.030.94489.96Bonomo et al. 2017TICv8
56001.60G8 V89.96Salz et al. 2015TICv8
56100.99-0.0689.96Gaia DR2TICv8
1.0489.96Knutson et al. 2014TICv8
5600189.96ExoFOPTICv8
56000.9489.96Bourrier et al. 2017TICv8