Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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EPIC 206042996 b
Host star EPIC 206042996 • 1.70 R⊕ • 5.30 d orbit
Records
3
archive rows
Discovery
2019
Transit
Radius
1.70 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
—
default parameter set
EPIC 206042996
temperature unconstrained
Canonical Summary
Adopted planet values from the default parameter set
Values come from the archive's default parameter set. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Selected source: Adams et al. 2021
Host Star
EPIC 206042996
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2019
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
5.30 day
5.30 to 5.30
Radius
1.70 Rearth
1.62 to 3.32
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 1.70 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
EPIC 206042996 b
1.70 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
3
Refs
3
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 5.30 day | 1.62 Rearth | — | — | Heller et al. 2019 |
| 2019 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 5.30 day | 1.70 Rearth | — | — | Adams et al. 2021 |
| 2019 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 5.30 day | 3.32 Rearth | — | — | Kruse et al. 2019 |