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Kepler-18 d

Host star Kepler-18 • 5.96 R⊕ • 14.86 d orbit

Records

18

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

5.96 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

15.30 M⊕

median non-null value

Kepler-18

720 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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Host Star

Kepler-18

Discovery

Transit

Year

2011

Period

14.86 day

Radius

6.63 Rearth

Mass

15.70 Mearth

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 5.96 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

Kepler-18 d

5.96 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

18

Refs

17

Methods

1

Discoverystable

18 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

18 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

17 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

13 values • 10 distinct

Massdisputed

6 values • 6 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

6 values • 3 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.86 day6.63 Rearth15.70 MearthHadden et al. 2014
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.86 day4.70 MearthOfir et al. 2025
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.86 day6 Rearth14.90 MearthHadden & Lithwick 2017
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.86 day8.70 MearthOfir et al. 2025
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.86 day5.96 Rearth720 KQ1-Q12 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.86 dayQ1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.86 dayHolczer et al. 2016
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.86 day6.98 Rearth16.40 MearthCochran et al. 2011
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.86 day5.94 Rearth720 KQ1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope5.20 RearthBerger et al. 2018
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.86 day6.01 Rearth690 KQ1-Q8 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.86 dayKokori et al. 2023
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.86 day5.11 Rearth24.08 MearthWeiss et al. 2024
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.86 day5.11 RearthFulton & Petigura 2018
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.86 day5.96 Rearth720 KQ1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.86 day5.96 Rearth720 KQ1-Q16 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.86 day6.40 Rearth679.1 KExoFOP
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.86 day6.04 RearthMorton et al. 2016