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AU Mic b

Host star AU Mic • 4.13 R⊕ • 8.46 d orbit

Records

14

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

4.13 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

14.35 M⊕

median non-null value

AU Mic

596.5 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

Fast scan of the current planet profile

This first pass still reads from the currently available detail payload. Canonical adopted summaries will replace first-row values in the next backend pass.

Host Star

AU Mic

Discovery

Transit

Year

2020

Period

8.46 day

Radius

4.07 Rearth

Mass

17 Mearth

Eq. Temp

593 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 4.13 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

AU Mic b

4.13 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

14

Refs

14

Methods

1

Discoverystable

14 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

14 values • 1 distinct

Perioddisputed

13 values • 2 distinct

Radiusdisputed

8 values • 8 distinct

Massdisputed

8 values • 8 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

4 values • 4 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day4.07 Rearth17 Mearth593 KMartioli et al. 2021
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day4.20 Rearth57.21 MearthPlavchan et al. 2020
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day17.10 MearthKlein et al. 2021
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day11.70 MearthZicher et al. 2022
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day10.20 MearthDonati et al. 2023
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day4.79 Rearth8.99 Mearth554.8 KMallorquín et al. 2024
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day4.19 RearthGilbert et al. 2022
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 dayHirano et al. 2020
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day3.96 Rearth600 KWittrock et al. 2023
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day6.10 MearthDonati et al. 2025
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day4.38 RearthSzabó et al. 2021
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope3.55 RearthSzabó et al. 2022
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.45 day4.03 Rearth754.6 KExoFOP
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day20.12 MearthCale et al. 2021