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K2-116 b

Host star K2-116 • 0.72 R⊕ • 4.66 d orbit

Records

4

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

0.72 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

K2-116

temperature unconstrained

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Host Star

K2-116

Discovery

Transit

Year

2017

Period

4.66 day

Radius

0.72 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 0.72 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-116 b

0.72 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

4

Refs

4

Methods

1

Discoverystable

4 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

4 values • 1 distinct

Perioddisputed

4 values • 2 distinct

Radiusdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope4.66 day0.72 RearthMayo et al. 2018
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope4.66 day0.69 RearthDressing et al. 2017
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope4.65 dayKokori et al. 2023
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope4.66 day0.81 RearthVanderburg et al. 2016