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K2-21 b

Host star K2-21 • 1.70 R⊕ • 9.32 d orbit

Records

5

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

1.70 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

K2-21

500 K equilibrium

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Host Star

K2-21

Discovery

Transit

Year

2015

Period

9.32 day

Radius

1.25 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 1.70 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-21 b

1.70 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

Perioddisputed

5 values • 2 distinct

Radiusdisputed

5 values • 5 distinct

Eq. Tempstable

1 values • 1 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope9.32 day1.25 RearthCrossfield et al. 2016
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope9.33 day1.89 RearthVanderburg et al. 2016
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope9.33 day1.84 RearthDressing et al. 2017
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope9.32 day1.70 RearthKruse et al. 2019
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope9.32 day1.59 Rearth500 KPetigura et al. 2015