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K2-55 b

Host star K2-55 • 4.40 R⊕ • 2.85 d orbit

Records

9

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

4.40 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

44 M⊕

median non-null value

K2-55

887.0 K equilibrium

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Host Star

K2-55

Discovery

Transit

Year

2016

Period

2.85 day

Radius

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 4.40 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-55 b

4.40 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

9

Refs

9

Methods

1

Discoverystable

9 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

9 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

9 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

6 values • 5 distinct

Massstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope2.85 dayKokori et al. 2023
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope2.85 day4.43 RearthVanderburg et al. 2016
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope2.85 dayBarros et al. 2016
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope2.85 day4.38 RearthDressing et al. 2017
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope2.85 day4.07 RearthKruse et al. 2019
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope2.85 daySchmitt et al. 2016
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope2.85 day3.82 RearthCrossfield et al. 2016
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope2.85 day4.68 Rearth874.0 KExoFOP
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope2.85 day4.43 Rearth44 Mearth900 KHoward et al. 2025