Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Kepler-47 b
Host star Kepler-47 • 3.05 R⊕ • 49.46 d orbit
Records
2
archive rows
Discovery
2012
Transit
Radius
3.05 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
2.07 M⊕
default parameter set
Kepler-47
temperature unconstrained
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. 2019
Host Star
Kepler-47
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2012
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
49.46 day
49.46 to 49.53
Semi-Major Axis
0.29 au
0.29 to 0.30
Radius
3.05 Rearth
3.03 to 3.05
Mass
2.07 Mearth
2.07 to 636
Density
0.40 g/cm**3
single adopted value
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 3.05 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Kepler-47 b
3.05 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
2
Refs
2
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Perioddisputed
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 49.46 day | 3.05 Rearth | 2.07 Mearth | — | Orosz et al. 2019 |
| 2012 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 49.53 day | 3.03 Rearth | 636 Mearth | — | Orosz et al. 2012 |