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K2-279 b

Host star K2-279 • 1.21 R⊕ • 7.12 d orbit

Records

4

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

1.21 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

K2-279

879 K equilibrium

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Host Star

K2-279

Discovery

Transit

Year

2018

Period

7.12 day

Radius

1 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 1.21 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-279 b

1.21 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

4

Refs

4

Methods

1

Discoverystable

4 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

4 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

4 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Eq. Tempstable

1 values • 1 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope7.12 day1 RearthPetigura et al. 2018
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope7.12 day1.21 Rearth879 KLivingston et al. 2018
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope7.12 day1.24 RearthKruse et al. 2019
2018TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope7.12 dayPope et al. 2016