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K2-12 b

Host star K2-12 • 2.38 R⊕ • 8.28 d orbit

Records

6

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

2.38 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

5.20 M⊕

median non-null value

K2-12

1014.5 K equilibrium

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Host Star

K2-12

Discovery

Transit

Year

2015

Period

8.28 day

Radius

2.48 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 2.38 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-12 b

2.38 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

6

Refs

6

Methods

1

Discoverystable

6 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

6 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

6 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

6 values • 6 distinct

Massstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope8.28 day2.48 RearthKruse et al. 2019
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope8.28 day2.14 RearthVanderburg et al. 2016
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope8.28 day2.33 Rearth1003 KMontet et al. 2015
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope8.28 day2.19 RearthMayo et al. 2018
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope8.28 day2.44 Rearth5.20 Mearth1026 KBonomo et al. 2023
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope8.28 day2.72 RearthCrossfield et al. 2016