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K2-181 b

Host star K2-181 • 2.82 R⊕ • 6.89 d orbit

Records

8

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

2.82 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

K2-181

962 K equilibrium

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Host Star

K2-181

Discovery

Transit

Year

2018

Period

6.89 day

Radius

2.69 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

949 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 2.82 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-181 b

2.82 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

8

Refs

8

Methods

1

Discoverystable

8 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

8 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

8 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

6 values • 5 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope6.89 day2.69 Rearth949 KHoward et al. 2025
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope6.89 day2.84 Rearth962 KLivingston et al. 2018
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope6.89 dayPope et al. 2016
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope6.89 day2.80 RearthPetigura et al. 2018
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope6.89 dayBarros et al. 2016
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope6.89 day3.17 RearthKruse et al. 2019
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope6.89 day2.84 Rearth1015 KThygesen et al. 2023
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope6.89 day2.71 RearthMayo et al. 2018