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Kepler-55 b

Host star Kepler-55 • 2.58 R⊕ • 27.95 d orbit

Records

11

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

2.58 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

43 M⊕

median non-null value

Kepler-55

409 K equilibrium

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Host Star

Kepler-55

Discovery

Transit

Year

2012

Period

27.97 day

Radius

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 2.58 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

Kepler-55 b

2.58 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

Perioddisputed

10 values • 2 distinct

Radiusdisputed

9 values • 7 distinct

Massstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

5 values • 3 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope27.97 dayHolczer et al. 2016
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope27.95 dayQ1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope27.95 day2.58 Rearth43 MearthHadden et al. 2014
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope27.95 day1.90 Rearth400 KQ1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope27.95 day3.35 Rearth409 KQ1-Q16 KOI Table
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope27.95 day2.43 RearthSteffen et al. 2013
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope27.95 day3.35 Rearth409 KQ1-Q12 KOI Table
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope1.99 RearthBerger et al. 2018
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope27.95 day3.35 Rearth409 KQ1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope27.95 day3.46 RearthMorton et al. 2016
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope27.95 day1.56 Rearth392 KQ1-Q8 KOI Table