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KELT-2 A b

Host star KELT-2 A • 14.75 R⊕ • 4.11 d orbit

Records

5

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

14.75 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

485.3 M⊕

median non-null value

KELT-2 A

2080 K equilibrium

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Host Star

KELT-2 A

Discovery

Transit

Year

2012

Period

4.11 day

Radius

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 14.75 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

KELT-2 A b

14.75 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

4 values • 4 distinct

Massdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Eq. Tempstable

1 values • 1 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2012TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.94.11 dayKokori et al. 2023
2012TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.94.11 day14.41 Rearth483.7 MearthBeatty et al. 2012
2012TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.94.11 day14.46 Rearth485.3 MearthBonomo et al. 2017
2012TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.94.11 day15.04 Rearth2080 KExoFOP
2012TransitKELTMamiya 645 80mm f/1.94.11 day15.13 Rearth540.3 MearthStassun et al. 2017