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K2-253 b

Host star K2-253 • 12.82 R⊕ • 4.00 d orbit

Records

2

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

12.82 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

K2-253

1176.7 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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Host Star

K2-253

Discovery

Transit

Year

2018

Period

4.00 day

Radius

12.96 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

1115.4 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 12.82 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-253 b

12.82 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

2

Refs

2

Methods

1

Discoverystable

2 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

2 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

2 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope4.00 day12.96 Rearth1115.4 KExoFOP
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope4.00 day12.67 Rearth1238 KLivingston et al. 2018