Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-81 b
Host star WASP-81 • 16.02 R⊕ • 2.72 d orbit
Records
4
archive rows
Discovery
2017
Transit
Radius
16.02 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
231.7 M⊕
default parameter set
WASP-81
1623 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: Triaud et al. 2017
Host Star
WASP-81
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2017
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
2.72 day
2.72 to 2.72
Semi-Major Axis
0.04 au
single adopted value
Radius
16.02 Rearth
14.55 to 16.02
Mass
231.7 Mearth
single adopted value
Density
0.33 g/cm**3
single adopted value
Equilibrium Temperature
1623 K
1446.3 to 1623
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 16.02 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-81 b
16.02 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
4
Refs
4
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massstable
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Transit | Multiple Facilities | Multiple Telescopes | 2.72 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2017 | Transit | Multiple Facilities | Multiple Telescopes | 2.72 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2022 |
| 2017 | Transit | Multiple Facilities | Multiple Telescopes | 2.72 day | 14.55 Rearth | — | 1446.3 K | ExoFOP |
| 2017 | Transit | Multiple Facilities | Multiple Telescopes | 2.72 day | 16.02 Rearth | 231.7 Mearth | 1623 K | Triaud et al. 2017 |