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K2-8 b

Host star K2-8 • 3.09 R⊕ • 10.35 d orbit

Records

6

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

3.09 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

K2-8

661 K equilibrium

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Host Star

K2-8

Discovery

Transit

Year

2015

Period

10.35 day

Radius

2.86 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 3.09 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-8 b

3.09 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

6

Refs

6

Methods

1

Discoverystable

6 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

6 values • 1 distinct

Perioddisputed

6 values • 2 distinct

Radiusdisputed

5 values • 5 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope10.35 day2.86 RearthKruse et al. 2019
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope10.35 day3.32 RearthCrossfield et al. 2016
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope10.35 day2.97 Rearth691 KMontet et al. 2015
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope10.36 dayBarros et al. 2016
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope10.35 day3.58 Rearth631 KSinukoff et al. 2016
2015TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope10.35 day3.09 RearthVanderburg et al. 2016