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K2-38 b

Host star K2-38 • 1.64 R⊕ • 4.02 d orbit

Records

7

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

1.64 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

7.70 M⊕

median non-null value

K2-38

1227.5 K equilibrium

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Host Star

K2-38

Discovery

Transit

Year

2016

Period

4.02 day

Radius

1.96 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 1.64 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-38 b

1.64 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

7

Refs

7

Methods

1

Discoverystable

7 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

7 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

7 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

7 values • 6 distinct

Massdisputed

5 values • 5 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

4 values • 4 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope4.02 day1.96 RearthKruse et al. 2019
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope4.02 day1.64 RearthCrossfield et al. 2016
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope4.02 day1.55 Rearth12 Mearth1184 KSinukoff et al. 2016
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope4.02 day1.91 Rearth19.07 MearthStassun et al. 2017
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope4.02 day1.66 Rearth7.70 Mearth1310 KBonomo et al. 2023
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope4.02 day1.54 Rearth7.30 Mearth1266 KToledo-Padrón et al. 2020
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope4.02 day1.55 Rearth6 Mearth1189 KHoward et al. 2025