Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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K2-38 b
Host star K2-38 • 1.54 R⊕ • 4.02 d orbit
Records
7
archive rows
Discovery
2016
Transit
Radius
1.54 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
7.30 M⊕
default parameter set
K2-38
1266 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: Toledo-Padrón et al. 2020
Host Star
K2-38
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2016
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
4.02 day
4.02 to 4.02
Semi-Major Axis
0.05 au
0.05 to 0.05
Radius
1.54 Rearth
1.54 to 1.96
Mass
7.30 Mearth
6 to 19.07
Density
11 g/cm**3
6.50 to 17.50
Equilibrium Temperature
1266 K
1184 to 1310
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 1.54 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
K2-38 b
1.54 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
7
Refs
7
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.02 day | 1.96 Rearth | — | — | Kruse et al. 2019 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.02 day | 1.54 Rearth | 7.30 Mearth | 1266 K | Toledo-Padrón et al. 2020 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.02 day | 1.55 Rearth | 6 Mearth | 1189 K | Howard et al. 2025 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.02 day | 1.91 Rearth | 19.07 Mearth | — | Stassun et al. 2017 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.02 day | 1.64 Rearth | — | — | Crossfield et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.02 day | 1.66 Rearth | 7.70 Mearth | 1310 K | Bonomo et al. 2023 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.02 day | 1.55 Rearth | 12 Mearth | 1184 K | Sinukoff et al. 2016 |