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Kepler-421 b

Host star Kepler-421 • 4.56 R⊕ • 705.0 d orbit

Records

7

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

4.56 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

Kepler-421

181.5 K equilibrium

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Host Star

Kepler-421

Discovery

Transit

Year

2014

Period

705.0 day

Radius

4.53 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

178 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 4.56 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

Kepler-421 b

4.56 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

7

Refs

7

Methods

1

Discoverystable

7 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

7 values • 1 distinct

Perioddisputed

6 values • 3 distinct

Radiusdisputed

6 values • 5 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

4 values • 3 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope705.0 day4.53 Rearth178 KQ1-Q16 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope705.0 day4.53 Rearth178 KQ1-Q12 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope705.0 day4.58 RearthFulton & Petigura 2018
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope705.0 dayQ1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope362 day4.73 Rearth216 KQ1-Q8 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope4.62 RearthBerger et al. 2018
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope704.2 day4.16 Rearth185 KKipping et al. 2014