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K2-13 b

Host star K2-13 • 2.29 R⊕ • 40.06 d orbit

Records

3

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

2.29 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

K2-13

511 K equilibrium

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Host Star

K2-13

Discovery

Transit

Year

2015

Period

40.06 day

Radius

2.29 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 2.29 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-13 b

2.29 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

3

Refs

3

Methods

1

Discoverystable

3 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

3 values • 1 distinct

Perioddisputed

3 values • 2 distinct

Radiusdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Eq. Tempstable

1 values • 1 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope40.06 day2.29 RearthVanderburg et al. 2016
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope39.91 day1.89 Rearth511 KMontet et al. 2015
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope40.06 day2.70 RearthCrossfield et al. 2016