Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Ross 176 b
Host star Ross 176 • 1.84 R⊕ • 5.01 d orbit
Records
2
archive rows
Discovery
2025
Transit
Radius
1.84 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
4.57 M⊕
default parameter set
Ross 176
682 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: Geraldía-González et al. 2025
Host Star
Ross 176
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2025
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
5.01 day
5.01 to 5.01
Semi-Major Axis
0.05 au
single adopted value
Radius
1.84 Rearth
1.84 to 2.22
Mass
4.57 Mearth
single adopted value
Density
4.03 g/cm**3
single adopted value
Equilibrium Temperature
682 K
682 to 731
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 1.84 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Ross 176 b
1.84 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Transit | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) | 0.1 m TESS Telescope | 5.01 day | 2.22 Rearth | — | 731 K | ExoFOP |
| 2025 | Transit | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) | 0.1 m TESS Telescope | 5.01 day | 1.84 Rearth | 4.57 Mearth | 682 K | Geraldía-González et al. 2025 |