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K2-15 b

Host star K2-15 • 2.96 R⊕ • 11.81 d orbit

Records

4

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

2.96 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

K2-15

676 K equilibrium

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Host Star

K2-15

Discovery

Transit

Year

2015

Period

11.81 day

Radius

3.10 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 2.96 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-15 b

2.96 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

4 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

4 values • 4 distinct

Eq. Tempstable

1 values • 1 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope11.81 day3.10 RearthVanderburg et al. 2016
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope11.81 day2.84 RearthCrossfield et al. 2016
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope11.81 day3.08 RearthKruse et al. 2019
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope11.81 day2.48 Rearth676 KMontet et al. 2015