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K2-257 b

Host star K2-257 • 0.83 R⊕ • 1.61 d orbit

Records

1

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

0.83 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

K2-257

789 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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Host Star

K2-257

Discovery

Transit

Year

2018

Period

1.61 day

Radius

0.83 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

789 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 0.83 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-257 b

0.83 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 Telescope1.61 day0.83 Rearth789 KLivingston et al. 2018