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Kepler-491 b

Host star Kepler-491 • 9 R⊕ • 4.23 d orbit

Records

11

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

9 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

Kepler-491

1118 K equilibrium

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Host Star

Kepler-491

Discovery

Transit

Year

2016

Period

4.23 day

Radius

8.55 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 9 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

Kepler-491 b

9 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

10 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

9 values • 7 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

6 values • 4 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope4.23 day8.55 RearthFulton & Petigura 2018
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope4.23 dayGajdoš et al. 2019
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope4.23 day9.16 Rearth1118 KQ1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope4.23 day9 Rearth1111 KQ1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope4.23 day8.89 Rearth1097.0 KExoFOP
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope4.23 day8.92 RearthMorton et al. 2016
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope8.52 RearthBerger et al. 2018
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope4.23 day9.16 Rearth1118 KQ1-Q12 KOI Table
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope4.23 dayQ1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope4.23 day10 Rearth1157 KQ1-Q8 KOI Table
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope4.23 day9.16 Rearth1118 KQ1-Q16 KOI Table