Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Kepler-16 b
Host star Kepler-16 • 8.45 R⊕ • 228.8 d orbit
Records
2
archive rows
Discovery
2011
Transit
Radius
8.45 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
105.8 M⊕
default parameter set
Kepler-16
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: Doyle et al. 2011
Host Star
Kepler-16
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2011
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
228.8 day
226 to 228.8
Semi-Major Axis
0.70 au
0.69 to 0.70
Radius
8.45 Rearth
single adopted value
Mass
105.8 Mearth
99.48 to 105.8
Density
0.96 g/cm**3
single adopted value
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 8.45 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Kepler-16 b
8.45 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
2
Refs
2
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Perioddisputed
Radiusstable
Massdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 228.8 day | 8.45 Rearth | 105.8 Mearth | — | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| 2011 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 226 day | — | 99.48 Mearth | — | Triaud et al. 2022 |