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Kepler-26 c

Host star Kepler-26 • 2.82 R⊕ • 17.25 d orbit

Records

18

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

2.82 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

6.20 M⊕

median non-null value

Kepler-26

381 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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Host Star

Kepler-26

Discovery

Transit

Year

2011

Period

17.25 day

Radius

2.64 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

385 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 2.82 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

Kepler-26 c

2.82 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

18

Refs

18

Methods

1

Discoverystable

18 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

18 values • 1 distinct

Perioddisputed

16 values • 2 distinct

Radiusdisputed

16 values • 13 distinct

Massdisputed

5 values • 5 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

6 values • 3 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope17.25 day2.64 Rearth385 KQ1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope17.25 day2.50 Rearth6.10 MearthHadden & Lithwick 2017
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope17.25 day2.82 Rearth381 KQ1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope17.25 day2.73 RearthDressing & Charbonneau 2013
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope17.25 day2.82 Rearth381 KQ1-Q12 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope17.25 day3.11 Rearth7.48 MearthLeleu et al. 2023
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope17.25 day3.60 Rearth119.2 MearthSteffen et al. 2012
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope17.25 dayHolczer et al. 2016
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope17.25 day2.82 Rearth381 KQ1-Q16 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope17.25 day2.83 Rearth381 KMuirhead et al. 2012
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope17.25 dayQ1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope17.25 day3.18 RearthMorton et al. 2016
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope17.25 day2.51 RearthDressing & Charbonneau 2015
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope17.26 day2.51 Rearth6.12 MearthHadden & Lithwick 2016
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope17.26 day2.72 Rearth6.20 MearthJontof-Hutter et al. 2016
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.69 RearthMann et al. 2013
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope2.98 RearthBerger et al. 2018
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope17.25 day2.94 Rearth449 KQ1-Q8 KOI Table