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Kepler-279 b

Host star Kepler-279 • 2.91 R⊕ • 12.31 d orbit

Records

12

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

2.91 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

4180.9 M⊕

median non-null value

Kepler-279

941 K equilibrium

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Host Star

Kepler-279

Discovery

Transit

Year

2014

Period

Radius

3.22 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 2.91 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

Kepler-279 b

2.91 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

8 values • 6 distinct

Massstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

5 values • 3 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.22 RearthBerger et al. 2018
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.31 day3.62 RearthRowe et al. 2014
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.31 dayQ1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.31 day3.82 Rearth1104 KQ1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.31 day2.47 Rearth941 KQ1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.31 dayHolczer et al. 2016
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.31 day2.47 Rearth941 KQ1-Q12 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.31 day2.47 Rearth941 KQ1-Q16 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.31 day3.68 RearthMorton et al. 2016
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.31 day2.60 Rearth996 KQ1-Q8 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.31 day4180.9 MearthOfir et al. 2025
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope12.31 dayGajdoš et al. 2019