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Kepler-42 c

Host star Kepler-42 • 0.89 R⊕ • 0.45 d orbit

Records

11

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

0.89 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

60.34 M⊕

median non-null value

Kepler-42

731.5 K equilibrium

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Host Star

Kepler-42

Discovery

Transit

Year

2011

Period

0.45 day

Radius

0.92 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

733 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 0.89 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

Kepler-42 c

0.89 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

11

Refs

11

Methods

1

Discoverystable

11 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

11 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

9 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

9 values • 6 distinct

Massstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

6 values • 5 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.45 day0.92 Rearth733 KQ1-Q16 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.89 RearthMann et al. 2013
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.45 day0.73 Rearth720 KMuirhead et al. 2012
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.45 day0.73 RearthMann et al. 2017
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.45 day0.92 Rearth733 KQ1-Q12 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.45 day60.34 MearthOfir et al. 2025
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.45 day3.38 Rearth730 KMuirhead et al. 2012
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.89 RearthBerger et al. 2018
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.45 day0.76 Rearth729 KQ1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.45 day3.19 Rearth1524 KQ1-Q8 KOI Table
2011TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.45 dayQ1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table