Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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KELT-2 A b
Host star KELT-2 A • 15.13 R⊕ • 4.11 d orbit
Records
5
archive rows
Discovery
2012
Transit
Radius
15.13 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
540.3 M⊕
default parameter set
KELT-2 A
temperature unconstrained
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: Stassun et al. 2017
Host Star
KELT-2 A
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2012
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
4.11 day
4.11 to 4.11
Radius
15.13 Rearth
14.41 to 15.13
Mass
540.3 Mearth
483.7 to 540.3
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 15.13 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
KELT-2 A b
15.13 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
5
Refs
5
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempstable
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Transit | KELT | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 | 4.11 day | 15.13 Rearth | 540.3 Mearth | — | Stassun et al. 2017 |
| 2012 | Transit | KELT | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 | 4.11 day | 15.04 Rearth | — | 2080 K | ExoFOP |
| 2012 | Transit | KELT | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 | 4.11 day | 14.41 Rearth | 483.7 Mearth | — | Beatty et al. 2012 |
| 2012 | Transit | KELT | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 | 4.11 day | 14.46 Rearth | 485.3 Mearth | — | Bonomo et al. 2017 |
| 2012 | Transit | KELT | Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 | 4.11 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |