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K2-87 b

Host star K2-87 • 7.42 R⊕ • 9.73 d orbit

Records

4

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

7.42 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

K2-87

1096.5 K equilibrium

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Host Star

K2-87

Discovery

Transit

Year

2016

Period

9.73 day

Radius

7.60 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

979 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 7.42 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

K2-87 b

7.42 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 • 4 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope9.73 day7.60 Rearth979 KLivingston et al. 2019
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope9.73 day8.42 RearthKruse et al. 2019
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope9.73 day4.60 RearthCrossfield et al. 2016
2016TransitK20.95 m Kepler Telescope9.73 day7.24 Rearth1214 KExoFOP