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K2-140 b

Host star K2-140 • 12.33 R⊕ • 6.57 d orbit

Records

6

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

12.33 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

309.7 M⊕

median non-null value

K2-140

959.5 K equilibrium

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Host Star

K2-140

Discovery

Transit

Year

2017

Period

6.57 day

Radius

12.25 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

957 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 12.33 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-140 b

12.33 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

5 values • 5 distinct

Massdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

4 values • 4 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope6.57 day12.25 Rearth957 KLivingston et al. 2018
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope6.57 day12.33 Rearth212.7 KExoFOP
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope6.57 day13.05 RearthMayo et al. 2018
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope6.57 dayKokori et al. 2023
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope6.57 day13.56 Rearth295.6 Mearth962 KKorth et al. 2019
2017TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope6.57 day12.27 Rearth323.9 Mearth1114 KGiles et al. 2018