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K2-79 b

Host star K2-79 • 4.09 R⊕ • 10.99 d orbit

Records

9

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

4.09 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

7.55 M⊕

median non-null value

K2-79

1021 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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Host Star

K2-79

Discovery

Transit

Year

2016

Period

11.00 day

Radius

4.15 Rearth

Mass

5.90 Mearth

Eq. Temp

1033 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 4.09 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-79 b

4.09 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

Perioddisputed

9 values • 3 distinct

Radiusdisputed

9 values • 8 distinct

Massdisputed

4 values • 4 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

5 values • 5 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope11.00 day4.15 Rearth5.90 Mearth1033 KPalethorpe et al. 2026
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope11.00 day3.69 RearthCrossfield et al. 2016
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope10.99 day4.09 Rearth11.80 Mearth1021 KNava et al. 2022
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope10.99 day3.15 RearthMayo et al. 2018
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope10.99 day4.05 RearthDuck et al. 2021
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope11.00 day4.55 RearthKruse et al. 2019
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope10.99 day4.09 Rearth9.20 Mearth1022 KBonomo et al. 2023
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope10.99 day3.99 Rearth3.80 Mearth925 KHoward et al. 2025
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope21.99 day4.60 Rearth699.2 KExoFOP