Discovery
Transit
Host star K2-38 • 1.64 R⊕ • 4.02 d orbit
Records
7
archive rows
Discovery
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Transit
Radius
1.64 R⊕
median non-null value
Mass
7.70 M⊕
median non-null value
K2-38
1227.5 K equilibrium
Quick Summary
This first pass still reads from the currently available detail payload. Canonical adopted summaries will replace first-row values in the next backend pass.
Scale Comparison
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
Evidence Summary
Rows
7
Refs
7
Methods
1
| 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 | 1.64 Rearth | — | — | Crossfield et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.02 day | 1.55 Rearth | 12 Mearth | 1184 K | Sinukoff et al. 2016 |
| 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 | 1.66 Rearth | 7.70 Mearth | 1310 K | Bonomo et al. 2023 |
| 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 |