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Kepler-42 b

Host star Kepler-42 • 0.87 R⊕ • 1.21 d orbit

Records

13

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

0.87 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

0.71 M⊕

median non-null value

Kepler-42

525 K equilibrium

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Host Star

Kepler-42

Discovery

Transit

Year

2011

Period

Radius

0.96 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 0.87 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

Kepler-42 b

0.87 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

13

Refs

13

Methods

1

Discoverystable

13 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

13 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

11 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

11 values • 8 distinct

Massstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

7 values • 4 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.96 RearthMann et al. 2013
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope1.21 dayQ1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope1.21 day0.92 Rearth526 KMuirhead et al. 2012
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope1.21 day0.78 Rearth519 KMuirhead et al. 2012
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope1.21 day0.87 Rearth525 KQ1-Q16 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope1.21 day0.71 MearthOfir et al. 2025
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope1.21 day1.24 RearthMorton et al. 2016
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope1.21 day0.76 RearthMann et al. 2017
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.91 RearthBerger et al. 2018
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope1.21 day3.46 Rearth1106 KQ1-Q8 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope1.21 day0.87 Rearth525 KQ1-Q12 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope1.21 day0.78 Rearth525 KQ1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope1.21 day0.87 Rearth525 KQ1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table