Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-59 b
Host star WASP-59 • 8.69 R⊕ • 7.92 d orbit
Records
4
archive rows
Discovery
2012
Transit
Radius
8.69 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
274.3 M⊕
default parameter set
WASP-59
670 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: Hebrard et al. 2013
Host Star
WASP-59
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2012
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
7.92 day
7.92 to 7.92
Semi-Major Axis
0.07 au
single adopted value
Radius
8.69 Rearth
8.69 to 11.53
Mass
274.3 Mearth
272.4 to 274.3
Density
2.40 g/cm**3
2.28 to 2.40
Equilibrium Temperature
670 K
633.4 to 670
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 8.69 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-59 b
8.69 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
4
Refs
4
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 7.92 day | 8.69 Rearth | 274.3 Mearth | 670 K | Hebrard et al. 2013 |
| 2012 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 7.92 day | 8.69 Rearth | 274.3 Mearth | — | Knudstrup et al. 2024 |
| 2012 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 7.92 day | 11.53 Rearth | — | 633.4 K | ExoFOP |
| 2012 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 7.92 day | 8.69 Rearth | 272.4 Mearth | — | Bonomo et al. 2017 |