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Kepler-38 b

Host star Kepler-38 • 4.30 R⊕ • 105.6 d orbit

Records

1

archive rows

Discovery

2012

Transit

Radius

4.30 R⊕

default parameter set

Mass

122 M⊕

default parameter set

Kepler-38

475 K equilibrium

Canonical Summary

Adopted planet values from the default parameter set

Values come from the archive's default parameter set. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.

Selected source: Orosz et al. 2012

Host Star

Kepler-38

Stable across source rows

Kepler-38

Discovery Method

Transit

Consistent across records

Transit (1)

Discovery Year

2012

Stable across source rows

2012

Orbital Period

105.6 day

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Semi-Major Axis

0.46 au

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Radius

4.30 Rearth

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Mass

122 Mearth

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Equilibrium Temperature

475 K

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 4.30 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

Kepler-38 b

4.30 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

1

Refs

1

Methods

1

Discoverystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Radiusstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Massstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Eq. Tempstable

1 values • 1 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope105.6 day4.30 Rearth122 Mearth475 KOrosz et al. 2012