Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-85 A b
Host star WASP-85 A • 13.90 R⊕ • 2.66 d orbit
Records
8
archive rows
Discovery
2016
Transit
Radius
13.90 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
402.1 M⊕
default parameter set
WASP-85 A
1452 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: Močnik et al. 2016
Host Star
WASP-85 A
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2016
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
2.66 day
2.66 to 2.66
Semi-Major Axis
0.04 au
single adopted value
Radius
13.90 Rearth
10.60 to 13.90
Mass
402.1 Mearth
single adopted value
Density
0.88 g/cm**3
single adopted value
Equilibrium Temperature
1452 K
1283.0 to 1452
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 13.90 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-85 A b
13.90 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
8
Refs
8
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massstable
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 2.66 day | 13.90 Rearth | 402.1 Mearth | 1452 K | Močnik et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 2.66 day | — | — | — | Barros et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 2.66 day | — | — | 1283.0 K | ExoFOP |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 2.66 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 2.66 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2022 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 2.66 day | 10.60 Rearth | — | — | Vanderburg et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 2.66 day | 11.10 Rearth | — | — | Crossfield et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 2.66 day | 11.10 Rearth | — | — | Kruse et al. 2019 |