Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
←Back to Exoplanets
ExoplanetDetail
WTS-2 b
Host star WTS-2 • 15.28 R⊕ • 1.02 d orbit
Records
3
archive rows
Discovery
2014
Transit
Radius
15.28 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
356.0 M⊕
default parameter set
WTS-2
2000 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: Birkby et al. 2014
Host Star
WTS-2
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2014
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
1.02 day
1.02 to 1.02
Semi-Major Axis
0.02 au
0.02 to 0.02
Radius
15.28 Rearth
single adopted value
Mass
356.0 Mearth
356.0 to 403.6
Density
0.54 g/cm**3
0.54 to 0.62
Equilibrium Temperature
2000 K
1811.5 to 2000
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 15.28 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WTS-2 b
15.28 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
3
Refs
3
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusstable
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Transit | United Kingdom Infrared Telescope | 3.8 m United Kingdom Infrared Telescope | 1.02 day | 15.28 Rearth | 356.0 Mearth | 2000 K | Birkby et al. 2014 |
| 2014 | Transit | United Kingdom Infrared Telescope | 3.8 m United Kingdom Infrared Telescope | 1.02 day | — | — | 1811.5 K | ExoFOP |
| 2014 | Transit | United Kingdom Infrared Telescope | 3.8 m United Kingdom Infrared Telescope | 1.02 day | 15.28 Rearth | 403.6 Mearth | — | Bonomo et al. 2017 |