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K2-8 c

Host star K2-8 • 2.41 R⊕ • 5.06 d orbit

Records

5

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

2.41 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

K2-8

839 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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This first pass still reads from the currently available detail payload. Canonical adopted summaries will replace first-row values in the next backend pass.

Host Star

K2-8

Discovery

Transit

Year

2016

Period

5.06 day

Radius

2.31 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

877 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

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

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

5

Refs

5

Methods

1

Discoverystable

5 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

5 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

5 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

5 values • 5 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope5.06 day2.31 Rearth877 KMontet et al. 2015
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope5.06 day2.41 Rearth801 KSinukoff et al. 2016
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope5.06 day2.32 RearthKruse et al. 2019
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope5.06 day2.46 RearthVanderburg et al. 2016
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope5.06 day2.44 RearthCrossfield et al. 2016