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K2-17 b

Host star K2-17 • 1.99 R⊕ • 17.97 d orbit

Records

6

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

1.99 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

K2-17

487 K equilibrium

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Host Star

K2-17

Discovery

Transit

Year

2015

Period

17.97 day

Radius

2.23 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

487 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 1.99 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-17 b

1.99 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

6 values • 6 distinct

Eq. Tempstable

1 values • 1 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope17.97 day2.23 Rearth487 KMontet et al. 2015
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope17.97 day1.78 RearthKruse et al. 2019
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope17.97 day2.15 RearthVanderburg et al. 2016
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope17.97 day1.95 RearthMayo et al. 2018
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope17.97 day2.03 RearthDressing et al. 2017
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope17.97 day1.53 RearthCrossfield et al. 2016