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K2-53 b

Host star K2-53 • 2.49 R⊕ • 12.21 d orbit

Records

5

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

2.49 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

K2-53

665 K equilibrium

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Host Star

K2-53

Discovery

Transit

Year

2016

Period

12.21 day

Radius

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 2.49 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-53 b

2.49 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

Periodstable

5 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

4 values • 4 distinct

Eq. Tempstable

1 values • 1 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope12.21 dayBarros et al. 2016
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope12.21 day2.47 RearthVanderburg et al. 2016
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope12.21 day2.34 RearthKruse et al. 2019
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope12.21 day2.50 RearthCrossfield et al. 2016
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope12.21 day2.60 Rearth665 KLivingston et al. 2019