Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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K2-260 b
Host star K2-260 • 18.42 R⊕ • 2.63 d orbit
Records
6
archive rows
Discovery
2018
Transit
Radius
18.42 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
546.7 M⊕
default parameter set
K2-260
2090 K equilibrium
Canonical Summary
Adopted planet values from the default parameter set
Values come from the archive's default parameter set. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Selected source: Thygesen et al. 2023
Host Star
K2-260
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2018
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
2.63 day
2.63 to 2.63
Semi-Major Axis
0.04 au
0.04 to 0.04
Radius
18.42 Rearth
17.40 to 18.80
Mass
546.7 Mearth
451.3 to 546.7
Density
0.48 g/cm**3
0.48 to 0.50
Equilibrium Temperature
2090 K
1957 to 2090
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 18.42 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
K2-260 b
18.42 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
6
Refs
6
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 2.63 day | — | — | — | Patel & Espinoza 2022 |
| 2018 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 2.63 day | 18.80 Rearth | — | 1973 K | ExoFOP |
| 2018 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 2.63 day | 17.40 Rearth | 451.3 Mearth | 1957 K | Johnson et al. 2018 |
| 2018 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 2.63 day | 18.42 Rearth | 546.7 Mearth | 2090 K | Thygesen et al. 2023 |
| 2018 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 2.63 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2022 |
| 2018 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 2.63 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |