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K2-126 b

Host star K2-126 • 1.92 R⊕ • 7.39 d orbit

Records

7

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

1.92 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

K2-126

601 K equilibrium

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Host Star

K2-126

Discovery

Transit

Year

2017

Period

7.39 day

Radius

1.80 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 1.92 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-126 b

1.92 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

7

Refs

7

Methods

1

Discoverystable

7 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

7 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

7 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

5 values • 5 distinct

Eq. Tempstable

1 values • 1 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope7.39 day1.80 RearthMayo et al. 2018
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope7.39 dayBarros et al. 2016
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope7.39 day1.92 RearthKruse et al. 2019
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope7.39 day1.84 RearthDressing et al. 2017
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope7.39 day1.97 Rearth601 KLivingston et al. 2018
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope7.39 day2 RearthPetigura et al. 2018
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope7.39 dayPope et al. 2016