Finding Earth 2.0
WASP-87

WASP-87 b

Rank #5514 of the ranked catalogue · Discovered by Transit in 2016

HZ 0%measured

0.056

Earth-2.0 index

0.052

Earth Similarity Index

0%

Habitable-zone probability

15.52 R⊕

Radius

Planet

Mass692.869 M⊕measured
Bulk density1.020 g/cm³
Orbital period1.6828 days
Semi-major axis0.02946 au
Eccentricity0.000
Incident flux4170.096 S⊕
Equilibrium temperature2042.7 K
Transit-time σ at 20308.8 minLinear propagation of published epoch and period errors; not a ranking input.
Maximum angular separation0.10 masReflected-light contrast 4.82e-5 at Aᵍ = 0.30 and Lambertian quadrature.
Composite parameter sources5 · mixedThe archive may select different publications for different parameters; mixed-source is disclosed, not automatically penalised.
Default-solution coverage75%0% median composite-to-default difference over shared parameters.

Host star & system

HostWASP-87
Spectral typeF
Effective temperature6450 K
Radius1.627 R☉
Mass1.204 M☉
Distance298.4 pc / 973.2 ly
DiscoveryTransit, 2016