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Kepler-261 b

Host star Kepler-261 • 2.21 R⊕ • 10.38 d orbit

Records

12

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

2.21 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

Kepler-261

678 K equilibrium

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Host Star

Kepler-261

Discovery

Transit

Year

2014

Period

Radius

2.09 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 2.21 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

Kepler-261 b

2.21 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

12

Refs

12

Methods

1

Discoverystable

12 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

12 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

11 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

9 values • 6 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

5 values • 3 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope2.09 RearthBerger et al. 2018
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope10.38 day2.18 RearthRowe et al. 2014
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope10.38 dayGajdoš et al. 2019
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope10.38 day2.16 RearthFulton & Petigura 2018
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope10.38 dayQ1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope10.38 day2.21 Rearth690 KQ1-Q8 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope10.38 day2.18 Rearth672 KQ1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope10.38 day2.23 Rearth678 KQ1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope10.38 day2.26 RearthMorton et al. 2016
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope10.38 day2.23 Rearth678 KQ1-Q12 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope10.38 dayHolczer et al. 2016
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope10.38 day2.23 Rearth678 KQ1-Q16 KOI Table