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K2-162 b

Host star K2-162 • 1.46 R⊕ • 9.46 d orbit

Records

2

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

1.46 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

K2-162

631 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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Host Star

K2-162

Discovery

Transit

Year

2018

Period

9.46 day

Radius

1.44 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

631 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 1.46 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-162 b

1.46 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

2

Refs

2

Methods

1

Discoverystable

2 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

2 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

2 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Eq. Tempstable

1 values • 1 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope9.46 day1.44 Rearth631 KLivingston et al. 2018
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope9.46 day1.49 RearthMayo et al. 2018