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K2-261 b

Host star K2-261 • 9.53 R⊕ • 11.63 d orbit

Records

10

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

9.53 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

68.33 M⊕

median non-null value

K2-261

1033 K equilibrium

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Host Star

K2-261

Discovery

Transit

Year

2018

Period

11.63 day

Radius

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 9.53 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-261 b

9.53 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

10

Refs

9

Methods

1

Discoverystable

10 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

10 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

10 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

7 values • 5 distinct

Massdisputed

6 values • 6 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

6 values • 6 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope11.63 dayPatel & Espinoza 2022
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope11.63 day9.53 Rearth69.92 MearthKnudstrup et al. 2024
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope11.63 day9.27 Rearth68.97 Mearth1036 KThygesen et al. 2023
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope11.63 day9.51 Rearth67.70 Mearth1030 KIkwut-Ukwa et al. 2020
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope11.63 day9.53 Rearth70.88 Mearth1080 KJohnson et al. 2018
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope11.63 day10.26 Rearth935 KExoFOP
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope11.63 dayKokori et al. 2023
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope11.63 dayIvshina & Winn 2022
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope11.63 day10.32 Rearth56 Mearth973 KHoward et al. 2025
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope11.63 day9.53 Rearth59.75 Mearth1046 KIkwut-Ukwa et al. 2020