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WASP-79 b

Exoplanet
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Right ascension
04h 25m 29.02s
Declination
−30° 36′ 01.6″
Galactic l, b
230.54, -43.44
Magnitude V
10.04
Distance
246.69 pc

Planet

NASA Exoplanet Archive, composite parameters
Host starWASP-79 · F5
DiscoveryTransit, 2012 · SuperWASP
Orbital period3.66239 d
Semi-major axis0.0519 au
Eccentricity0
Radius17.15 R⊕ · 1.53 R♃
Mass270.15 M⊕ · 0.85 M♃
Density0.13 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature1,716.2 K
System distance246.69 pc

Published measurements

6 quantities measured more than once
One object can carry a dozen published estimates of the same quantity. The register keeps them side by side rather than picking a winner — the citation is part of the value.

Mass 5 values

ValueUnitUncertainty Band / methodSourceReferenceYear
270.1541 M_earth ± 25.43 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Gressier et al. 2023 2023
267.9307 M_earth ± 27.02 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Bonomo et al. 2017 2017
270.1555 M_earth ± 57.21 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Stassun et al. 2017 2017
270.1555 M_earth ± 25.43 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Brown et al. 2017 2017
286.03 M_earth ± 25.43 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Smalley et al. 2012 2012

Radius 6 values

ValueUnitUncertainty Band / methodSourceReferenceYear
17.14974 R_earth ± 0.4484 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Gressier et al. 2023 2023
20.40038 R_earth ± 4.147 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Bonomo et al. 2017 2017
18.71903 R_earth ± 1.681 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Stassun et al. 2017 2017
17.14977 R_earth ± 0.4484 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Brown et al. 2017 2017
23.43 R_earth ± 1.57 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Smalley et al. 2012 2012
17.28056 R_earth ± 0.8474 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive ExoFOP 2012

Orbital period 11 values

ValueUnitUncertainty Band / methodSourceReferenceYear
3.662392 d ± 3.90e-07 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Kokori et al. 2023 2023
3.662392 d ± 4.00e-06 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Gressier et al. 2023 2023
3.662391 d ± 7.00e-07 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Patel & Espinoza 2022 2022
3.662392 d ± 6.20e-07 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Ivshina & Winn 2022 2022
3.662393 d ± 2.10e-06 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Kokori et al. 2022 2022
3.662393 d ± 3.50e-07 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Skaf et al. 2020 2020
3.662387 d ± 8.50e-06 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Bonomo et al. 2017 2017
3.66238 d ± 5.00e-06 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Stassun et al. 2017 2017
3.662392 d ± 4.00e-06 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Brown et al. 2017 2017
3.662387 d ± 8.50e-06 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Smalley et al. 2012 2012
3.662392 d ± 6.94e-07 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive ExoFOP 2012

Semi-major axis 4 values

ValueUnitUncertainty Band / methodSourceReferenceYear
0.0519 au ± 0.0008 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Gressier et al. 2023 2023
0.0521 au ± 0.0011 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Bonomo et al. 2017 2017
0.0519 au ± 0.0008 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Brown et al. 2017 2017
0.0535 au ± 0.0008 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Smalley et al. 2012 2012

Eccentricity 5 values

ValueUnitUncertainty Band / methodSourceReferenceYear
0 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Gressier et al. 2023 2023
0.066 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Bonomo et al. 2017 2017
0 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Stassun et al. 2017 2017
0 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Brown et al. 2017 2017
0 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Smalley et al. 2012 2012

Equilibrium temperature 4 values

ValueUnitUncertainty Band / methodSourceReferenceYear
1,716.2 K ± 25.8 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Gressier et al. 2023 2023
1,716.2 K ± 25.8 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Brown et al. 2017 2017
1,900 K ± 50 Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive Smalley et al. 2012 2012
1,624.53 K Transit NASA Exoplanet Archive ExoFOP 2012

In the same field

within 9 arcmin · wider search
ObjectTypeSeparationV
WASP-79 Star 0″ —
CD-30 1812b Planet 0.04054″ —
CD-30 1812 Star 0.04054″ 10.04
LEDA 133107 EmissionG 139.8″ —
CD-30 1813 HighPM* 269.4″ 10.81

Provenance

where this card came from
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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/wasp-79-b · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.