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K2-16 b

Host star K2-16 • 2.02 R⊕ • 7.62 d orbit

Records

5

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

2.02 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

K2-16

684 K equilibrium

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Host Star

K2-16

Discovery

Transit

Year

2015

Period

7.62 day

Radius

1.96 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 2.02 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-16 b

2.02 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

5

Refs

5

Methods

1

Discoverystable

5 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

5 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

5 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

5 values • 5 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope7.62 day1.96 RearthCrossfield et al. 2016
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope7.62 day1.87 RearthKruse et al. 2019
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope7.62 day2.13 Rearth710 KMontet et al. 2015
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope7.62 day2.02 Rearth658 KSinukoff et al. 2016
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope7.62 day2.39 RearthVanderburg et al. 2016