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K2-138 b

Host star K2-138 • 1.51 R⊕ • 2.35 d orbit

Records

4

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

1.51 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

2.82 M⊕

median non-null value

K2-138

1157 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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Host Star

K2-138

Discovery

Transit

Year

2017

Period

2.35 day

Radius

1.51 Rearth

Mass

3.10 Mearth

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 1.51 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-138 b

1.51 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

Periodstable

3 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Massdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Eq. Tempstable

1 values • 1 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope2.35 day1.51 Rearth3.10 MearthLopez et al. 2019
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope2.35 day1.49 Rearth1157 KHardegree-Ullman et al. 2021
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope2.35 day1.57 RearthChristiansen et al. 2018
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope2.54 MearthVivien et al. 2024