Finding Earth 2.0
WASP-43 · K7 V

WASP-43 b

Rank #4608 of the ranked catalogue · Discovered by Transit in 2011

HZ 0%measured

0.073

Earth-2.0 index

0.115

Earth Similarity Index

0%

Habitable-zone probability

10.42 R⊕

Radius

Planet

Mass565.714 M⊕measured
Bulk density2.939 g/cm³
Orbital period0.8135 days
Semi-major axis0.01420 au
Eccentricity0.000
Incident flux680.895 S⊕
Equilibrium temperature1298.5 K
Transit-time σ at 203012.3 minLinear propagation of published epoch and period errors; not a ranking input.
Maximum angular separation0.16 masReflected-light contrast 9.35e-5 at Aᵍ = 0.30 and Lambertian quadrature.
Composite parameter sources6 · mixedThe archive may select different publications for different parameters; mixed-source is disclosed, not automatically penalised.
Default-solution coverage83%0% median composite-to-default difference over shared parameters.

Host star & system

HostWASP-43
Spectral typeK7 V
Effective temperature4400 K
Radius0.600 R☉
Mass0.580 M☉
Distance86.7 pc / 282.9 ly
DiscoveryTransit, 2011