Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-17 b
Host star WASP-17 • 20.96 R⊕ • 3.74 d orbit
Records
16
archive rows
Discovery
2009
Transit
Radius
20.96 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
247.9 M⊕
default parameter set
WASP-17
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: Stassun et al. 2017
Host Star
WASP-17
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2009
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
3.74 day
3.73 to 3.74
Radius
20.96 Rearth
19.17 to 22.32
Mass
247.9 Mearth
144.0 to 247.9
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 20.96 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-17 b
20.96 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
16
Refs
16
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Perioddisputed
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.73 day | 21.19 Rearth | 162.1 Mearth | 1740 K | Sing et al. 2016 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | — | — | 168.1 Mearth | — | Knutson et al. 2014 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.74 day | 19.50 Rearth | 156 Mearth | — | Anderson et al. 2010 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.74 day | 22.26 Rearth | 144.0 Mearth | — | Triaud et al. 2010 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.74 day | 21.23 Rearth | — | 1670 K | ExoFOP |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.74 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.74 day | 21.66 Rearth | 151.6 Mearth | 1755 K | Southworth et al. 2012 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.74 day | 22.32 Rearth | 154.5 Mearth | 1771 K | Anderson et al. 2011 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.74 day | 19.58 Rearth | 154.5 Mearth | — | Sedaghati et al. 2016 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | — | — | — | 1738 K | Barstow et al. 2017 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.74 day | 20.96 Rearth | 247.9 Mearth | — | Stassun et al. 2017 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.74 day | 22.32 Rearth | 162.7 Mearth | — | Bonomo et al. 2017 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.74 day | — | — | — | Patel & Espinoza 2022 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | — | 19.17 Rearth | — | — | Panek et al. 2023 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.74 day | — | — | — | Grant et al. 2023 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.74 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |