Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-5 b
Host star WASP-5 • 12.18 R⊕ • 1.63 d orbit
Records
15
archive rows
Discovery
2008
Transit
Radius
12.18 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
502.1 M⊕
default parameter set
WASP-5
1706 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: Gillon et al. 2009
Host Star
WASP-5
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2008
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
1.63 day
1.63 to 1.63
Semi-Major Axis
0.03 au
0.03 to 0.03
Radius
12.18 Rearth
12.18 to 13.17
Mass
502.1 Mearth
494.2 to 520.3
Density
1.64 g/cm**3
1.21 to 1.64
Equilibrium Temperature
1706 K
1602.8 to 1753
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 12.18 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-5 b
12.18 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
15
Refs
15
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.63 day | 12.18 Rearth | 502.1 Mearth | 1706 K | Gillon et al. 2009 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.63 day | — | — | — | Patel & Espinoza 2022 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.63 day | — | — | — | Sodickson & Grunblatt 2025 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.63 day | 12.78 Rearth | 494.2 Mearth | — | Triaud et al. 2010 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.63 day | 12.96 Rearth | — | 1602.8 K | ExoFOP |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.63 day | 13.08 Rearth | 498.3 Mearth | — | Fukui et al. 2011 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.63 day | 13.17 Rearth | 505.3 Mearth | — | Bonomo et al. 2017 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.63 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.63 day | 12.22 Rearth | 502.1 Mearth | 1753 K | Anderson et al. 2008 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.63 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2022 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.63 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.63 day | 13.05 Rearth | 497.4 Mearth | 1732 K | Southworth 2010 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.63 day | 13.17 Rearth | 506.9 Mearth | 1753 K | Southworth 2012 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.63 day | — | — | — | Baluev et al. 2015 |
| 2008 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 1.63 day | 13.13 Rearth | 520.3 Mearth | 1732 K | Southworth et al. 2009 |