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K2-242 b

Host star K2-242 • 2.54 R⊕ • 6.51 d orbit

Records

1

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

2.54 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

K2-242

416 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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Host Star

K2-242

Discovery

Transit

Year

2018

Period

6.51 day

Radius

2.54 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

416 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 2.54 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-242 b

2.54 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

1

Refs

1

Methods

1

Discoverystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Radiusstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Eq. Tempstable

1 values • 1 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope6.51 day2.54 Rearth416 KLivingston et al. 2018