Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-118 b
Host star WASP-118 • 16.14 R⊕ • 4.05 d orbit
Records
7
archive rows
Discovery
2016
Transit
Radius
16.14 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
163.4 M⊕
default parameter set
WASP-118
1729 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: Hay et al. 2016
Host Star
WASP-118
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2016
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
4.05 day
4.05 to 4.05
Semi-Major Axis
0.05 au
0.05 to 0.05
Radius
16.14 Rearth
12 to 18.29
Mass
163.4 Mearth
163.4 to 165.3
Density
0.23 g/cm**3
0.23 to 0.26
Equilibrium Temperature
1729 K
1729 to 2509
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 16.14 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-118 b
16.14 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
7
Refs
7
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 4.05 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 4.05 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 4.05 day | 12 Rearth | — | — | Petigura et al. 2018 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 4.05 day | 16.14 Rearth | 163.4 Mearth | 1729 K | Hay et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 4.05 day | 14.94 Rearth | — | — | Gajdoš et al. 2019 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 4.05 day | 15.63 Rearth | 165.3 Mearth | 1753 K | Močnik et al. 2017 |
| 2016 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 4.05 day | 18.29 Rearth | — | 2509 K | ExoFOP |