Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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TOI-1278 b
Host star TOI-1278 • 12.22 R⊕ • 14.48 d orbit
Records
2
archive rows
Discovery
2021
Transit
Radius
12.22 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
5879.8 M⊕
default parameter set
TOI-1278
temperature unconstrained
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: Artigau et al. 2021
Host Star
TOI-1278
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2021
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
14.48 day
14.48 to 14.48
Semi-Major Axis
0.10 au
single adopted value
Radius
12.22 Rearth
8.70 to 12.22
Mass
5879.8 Mearth
single adopted value
Density
18 g/cm**3
single adopted value
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 12.22 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
TOI-1278 b
12.22 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. Tempstable
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Transit | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) | 0.1 m TESS Telescope | 14.48 day | 12.22 Rearth | 5879.8 Mearth | — | Artigau et al. 2021 |
| 2021 | Transit | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) | 0.1 m TESS Telescope | 14.48 day | 8.70 Rearth | — | 407.9 K | ExoFOP |