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K2-5 b

Host star K2-5 • 1.92 R⊕ • 5.74 d orbit

Records

5

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

1.92 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

K2-5

599.5 K equilibrium

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Host Star

K2-5

Discovery

Transit

Year

2015

Period

5.73 day

Radius

2.40 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 1.92 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-5 b

1.92 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

5

Refs

5

Methods

1

Discoverystable

5 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

5 values • 1 distinct

Perioddisputed

5 values • 2 distinct

Radiusdisputed

5 values • 5 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope5.73 day2.40 RearthVanderburg et al. 2016
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope5.74 day1.50 RearthCrossfield et al. 2016
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope5.74 day1.91 Rearth565 KSinukoff et al. 2016
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope5.74 day4.20 RearthKruse et al. 2019
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope5.73 day1.92 Rearth634 KMontet et al. 2015