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K2-38 c

Host star K2-38 • 2.42 R⊕ • 10.56 d orbit

Records

6

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

2.42 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

8 M⊕

median non-null value

K2-38

889 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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This first pass still reads from the currently available detail payload. Canonical adopted summaries will replace first-row values in the next backend pass.

Host Star

K2-38

Discovery

Transit

Year

2016

Period

10.56 day

Radius

2.18 Rearth

Mass

7.70 Mearth

Eq. Temp

862 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 2.42 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-38 c

2.42 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

6

Refs

6

Methods

1

Discoverystable

6 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

6 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

6 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

6 values • 6 distinct

Massdisputed

4 values • 4 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

4 values • 4 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope10.56 day2.18 Rearth7.70 Mearth862 KHoward et al. 2025
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope10.56 day2.29 Rearth8.30 Mearth916 KToledo-Padrón et al. 2020
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope10.56 day2.49 Rearth7.40 Mearth949 KBonomo et al. 2023
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope10.56 day2.83 RearthKruse et al. 2019
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope10.56 day2.42 Rearth9.90 Mearth858 KSinukoff et al. 2016
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope10.56 day2.41 RearthCrossfield et al. 2016