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Kepler-26 b

Host star Kepler-26 • 2.89 R⊕ • 12.28 d orbit

Records

17

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

2.89 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

5.07 M⊕

median non-null value

Kepler-26

427 K equilibrium

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Host Star

Kepler-26

Discovery

Transit

Year

2011

Period

12.28 day

Radius

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 2.89 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

Kepler-26 b

2.89 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

17

Refs

17

Methods

1

Discoverystable

17 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

17 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

15 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

15 values • 11 distinct

Massdisputed

4 values • 4 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

6 values • 3 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.28 dayHolczer et al. 2016
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.28 day2.89 RearthDressing & Charbonneau 2015
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.28 day2.83 Rearth427 KMuirhead et al. 2012
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.28 day2.83 Rearth431 KQ1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.28 day2.89 Rearth427 KQ1-Q16 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.28 day2.73 RearthDressing & Charbonneau 2013
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.28 day3.60 Rearth120.8 MearthSteffen et al. 2012
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.19 RearthBerger et al. 2018
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.28 day2.90 Rearth5.02 MearthHadden & Lithwick 2016
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.28 day2.89 Rearth427 KQ1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.28 day3.08 Rearth501 KQ1-Q8 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.28 day2.78 Rearth5.12 MearthJontof-Hutter et al. 2016
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.28 day3.25 RearthMorton et al. 2016
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.69 RearthMann et al. 2013
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.28 day3.22 Rearth4.85 MearthLeleu et al. 2023
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.28 dayQ1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.28 day2.89 Rearth427 KQ1-Q12 KOI Table