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K2-238 b

Host star K2-238 • 14.57 R⊕ • 3.20 d orbit

Records

3

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

14.57 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

273.3 M⊕

median non-null value

K2-238

1587 K equilibrium

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Host Star

K2-238

Discovery

Transit

Year

2018

Period

3.20 day

Radius

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 14.57 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-238 b

14.57 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

3

Refs

3

Methods

1

Discoverystable

3 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

3 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

3 values • 1 distinct

Radiusstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Massstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Eq. Tempstable

1 values • 1 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope3.20 dayKokori et al. 2023
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope3.20 day14.57 Rearth273.3 Mearth1587 KSoto et al. 2018
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope3.20 dayExoFOP