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K2-6 b

Host star K2-6 • 2.50 R⊕ • 30.94 d orbit

Records

5

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

2.50 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

K2-6

615 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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Host Star

K2-6

Discovery

Transit

Year

2015

Period

30.94 day

Radius

2.50 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

615 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 2.50 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-6 b

2.50 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 • 4 distinct

Eq. Tempstable

1 values • 1 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope30.94 day2.50 Rearth615 KMontet et al. 2015
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope30.94 day2.44 RearthKruse et al. 2019
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope30.94 day2.31 RearthMayo et al. 2018
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope30.93 day2.50 RearthCrossfield et al. 2016
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope30.94 day3.06 RearthVanderburg et al. 2016