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K2-66 b

Host star K2-66 • 2.62 R⊕ • 5.07 d orbit

Records

4

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

2.62 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

18.65 M⊕

median non-null value

K2-66

1399.5 K equilibrium

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Host Star

K2-66

Discovery

Transit

Year

2016

Period

5.07 day

Radius

2.49 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 2.62 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-66 b

2.62 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

4

Refs

4

Methods

1

Discoverystable

4 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

4 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

4 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

4 values • 3 distinct

Massdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope5.07 day2.49 RearthCrossfield et al. 2016
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope5.07 day2.75 Rearth16 Mearth1427 KHoward et al. 2025
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope5.07 day2.93 RearthVanderburg et al. 2016
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope5.07 day2.49 Rearth21.30 Mearth1372 KSinukoff et al. 2017