Finding Earth 2.0
WASP-38 · F8 V

WASP-38 b

Rank #4548 of the ranked catalogue · Discovered by Transit in 2010

HZ 0%measured

0.074

Earth-2.0 index

0.114

Earth Similarity Index

0%

Habitable-zone probability

13.79 R⊕

Radius

Planet

Mass1093.335 M⊕measured
Bulk density2.300 g/cm³
Orbital period6.8719 days
Semi-major axis0.07522 au
Eccentricity0.030
Incident flux501.501 S⊕
Equilibrium temperature1202.9 K
Transit-time σ at 20307.3 minLinear propagation of published epoch and period errors; not a ranking input.
Maximum angular separation0.55 masReflected-light contrast 5.83e-6 at Aᵍ = 0.30 and Lambertian quadrature.
Composite parameter sources8 · mixedThe archive may select different publications for different parameters; mixed-source is disclosed, not automatically penalised.
Default-solution coverage67%0% median composite-to-default difference over shared parameters.

Host star & system

HostWASP-38
Spectral typeF8 V
Effective temperature6180 K
Radius1.520 R☉
Mass1.760 M☉
Distance136.2 pc / 444.4 ly
DiscoveryTransit, 2010