Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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K2-140 b
Host star K2-140 • 13.56 R⊕ • 6.57 d orbit
Records
6
archive rows
Discovery
2017
Transit
Radius
13.56 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
295.6 M⊕
default parameter set
K2-140
962 K equilibrium
Canonical Summary
Adopted planet values from the default parameter set
Values come from the archive's default parameter set. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Selected source: Korth et al. 2019
Host Star
K2-140
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2017
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
6.57 day
6.57 to 6.57
Semi-Major Axis
0.07 au
0.06 to 0.07
Radius
13.56 Rearth
12.25 to 13.56
Mass
295.6 Mearth
295.6 to 323.9
Density
0.66 g/cm**3
0.66 to 0.96
Equilibrium Temperature
962 K
212.7 to 1114
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 13.56 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
K2-140 b
13.56 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
6
Refs
6
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.57 day | 13.05 Rearth | — | — | Mayo et al. 2018 |
| 2017 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.57 day | 12.33 Rearth | — | 212.7 K | ExoFOP |
| 2017 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.57 day | 13.56 Rearth | 295.6 Mearth | 962 K | Korth et al. 2019 |
| 2017 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.57 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2017 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.57 day | 12.27 Rearth | 323.9 Mearth | 1114 K | Giles et al. 2018 |
| 2017 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.57 day | 12.25 Rearth | — | 957 K | Livingston et al. 2018 |