Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-156 b
Host star WASP-156 • 6.03 R⊕ • 3.84 d orbit
Records
7
archive rows
Discovery
2017
Transit
Radius
6.03 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
41.80 M⊕
default parameter set
WASP-156
934.5 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: Polanski et al. 2024
Host Star
WASP-156
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2017
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
3.84 day
3.84 to 3.84
Semi-Major Axis
0.05 au
0.05 to 0.05
Radius
6.03 Rearth
5.72 to 6.24
Mass
41.80 Mearth
40.68 to 41.80
Density
1.05 g/cm**3
1.05 to 1.30
Equilibrium Temperature
934.5 K
934.5 to 970
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 6.03 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-156 b
6.03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.84 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |
| 2017 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.84 day | 5.72 Rearth | 40.68 Mearth | 970 K | Demangeon et al. 2018 |
| 2017 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.84 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2017 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.84 day | — | — | — | Patel & Espinoza 2022 |
| 2017 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.84 day | — | — | — | Bourrier et al. 2023 |
| 2017 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.84 day | 6.24 Rearth | — | 947.8 K | ExoFOP |
| 2017 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.84 day | 6.03 Rearth | 41.80 Mearth | 934.5 K | Polanski et al. 2024 |