Discovery
Transit
Host star K2-8 • 2.41 R⊕ • 5.06 d orbit
Records
5
archive rows
Discovery
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Transit
Radius
2.41 R⊕
median non-null value
Mass
—
median non-null value
K2-8
839 K equilibrium
Quick Summary
This first pass still reads from the currently available detail payload. Canonical adopted summaries will replace first-row values in the next backend pass.
Scale Comparison
Current adopted radius: 2.41 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
K2-8 c
2.41 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Evidence Summary
Rows
5
Refs
5
Methods
1
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 5.06 day | 2.31 Rearth | — | 877 K | Montet et al. 2015 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 5.06 day | 2.41 Rearth | — | 801 K | Sinukoff et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 5.06 day | 2.32 Rearth | — | — | Kruse et al. 2019 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 5.06 day | 2.46 Rearth | — | — | Vanderburg et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 5.06 day | 2.44 Rearth | — | — | Crossfield et al. 2016 |