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Kepler-16 b

Host star Kepler-16 • 8.45 R⊕ • 227.4 d orbit

Records

2

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

8.45 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

102.7 M⊕

median non-null value

Kepler-16

temperature unconstrained

Quick Summary

Fast scan of the current planet profile

This first pass still reads from the currently available detail payload. Canonical adopted summaries will replace first-row values in the next backend pass.

Host Star

Kepler-16

Discovery

Transit

Year

2011

Period

226 day

Radius

Mass

99.48 Mearth

Eq. Temp

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

2 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

2 values • 1 distinct

Perioddisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Radiusstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Massdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope226 day99.48 MearthTriaud et al. 2022
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope228.8 day8.45 Rearth105.8 MearthDoyle et al. 2011