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K2-26 b

Host star K2-26 • 2.67 R⊕ • 14.57 d orbit

Records

6

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

2.67 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

K2-26

267.1 K equilibrium

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Host Star

K2-26

Discovery

Transit

Year

2016

Period

14.57 day

Radius

2.67 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

430 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 2.67 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-26 b

2.67 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

6

Refs

6

Methods

1

Discoverystable

6 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

6 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

5 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

5 values • 5 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope14.57 day2.67 Rearth430 KSchlieder et al. 2016
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope14.57 day2.79 RearthVanderburg et al. 2016
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope3.55 Rearth104.3 KExoFOP
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope14.57 day2.58 RearthCrossfield et al. 2016
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope14.57 dayKruse et al. 2019
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope14.57 day2.47 RearthBeichman et al. 2016