Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-33 b
Host star WASP-33 • 17.86 R⊕ • 1.22 d orbit
Records
11
archive rows
Discovery
2010
Transit
Radius
17.86 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
665.2 M⊕
default parameter set
WASP-33
2781.7 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: Chakrabarty & Sengupta 2019
Host Star
WASP-33
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2010
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
1.22 day
1.22 to 1.22
Semi-Major Axis
0.02 au
0.02 to 0.03
Radius
17.86 Rearth
16.78 to 18.82
Mass
665.2 Mearth
371.9 to 1303
Density
0.69 g/cm**3
0.69 to 0.86
Equilibrium Temperature
2781.7 K
2510.8 to 2781.7
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 17.86 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-33 b
17.86 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
11
Refs
10
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | — | — | — | — | Johnson et al. 2015 |
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | — | — | — | — | Johnson et al. 2015 |
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.22 day | 18.82 Rearth | 1042.5 Mearth | 2723 K | Turner et al. 2016 |
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.22 day | — | — | — | von Essen et al. 2014 |
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.22 day | 16.78 Rearth | 1303 Mearth | — | Collier Cameron et al. 2010 |
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.22 day | 17.93 Rearth | 371.9 Mearth | — | Stassun et al. 2017 |
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.22 day | 17.86 Rearth | 665.2 Mearth | 2781.7 K | Chakrabarty & Sengupta 2019 |
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.22 day | — | — | — | Zhang et al. 2018 |
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.22 day | 18.22 Rearth | — | 2510.8 K | ExoFOP |
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.22 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |
| 2010 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | — | — | — | — | Watanabe et al. 2022 |