Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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K2-98 b
Host star K2-98 • 5.07 R⊕ • 10.14 d orbit
Records
10
archive rows
Discovery
2016
Transit
Radius
5.07 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
34.01 M⊕
default parameter set
K2-98
1185 K equilibrium
Canonical Summary
Adopted planet values from the default parameter set
Values come from the archive's default parameter set. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Selected source: Thygesen et al. 2023
Host Star
K2-98
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2016
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
10.14 day
10.14 to 10.14
Semi-Major Axis
0.10 au
0.09 to 0.10
Radius
5.07 Rearth
4.30 to 5.44
Mass
34.01 Mearth
20 to 34.01
Density
1.40 g/cm**3
0.80 to 2.15
Equilibrium Temperature
1185 K
1092 to 1563
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 5.07 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
K2-98 b
5.07 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
10
Refs
10
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.14 day | 5.44 Rearth | — | 1563 K | ExoFOP |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.14 day | 4.50 Rearth | — | — | Petigura et al. 2018 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.14 day | — | — | — | Barros et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.14 day | 4.60 Rearth | — | — | Kruse et al. 2019 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.14 day | 4.30 Rearth | 32.20 Mearth | 1102 K | Barragán et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.14 day | — | — | — | Pope et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.14 day | 4.93 Rearth | 20 Mearth | 1093 K | Howard et al. 2025 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.14 day | 5.01 Rearth | — | — | Mayo et al. 2018 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.14 day | 5.07 Rearth | 34.01 Mearth | 1185 K | Thygesen et al. 2023 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 10.14 day | 5.20 Rearth | — | 1092 K | Livingston et al. 2018 |