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Kepler-68 b

Host star Kepler-68 • 2.31 R⊕ • 5.40 d orbit

Records

19

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

2.31 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

7.84 M⊕

median non-null value

Kepler-68

1146 K equilibrium

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Host Star

Kepler-68

Discovery

Transit

Year

2013

Period

5.40 day

Radius

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 2.31 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

Kepler-68 b

2.31 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

19

Refs

19

Methods

1

Discoverystable

19 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

19 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

18 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

15 values • 9 distinct

Massdisputed

6 values • 6 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

8 values • 6 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope5.40 dayQ1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope5.40 day2.31 Rearth8.44 MearthWeiss et al. 2024
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope5.40 day2.29 Rearth1146 KQ1-Q16 KOI Table
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope5.40 day2.35 RearthVan Eylen & Albrecht 2015
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope5.40 day2.31 RearthFulton & Petigura 2018
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope5.40 dayHolczer et al. 2016
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope5.40 day2.25 Rearth1192 KExoFOP
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope5.40 day2.33 Rearth5.97 MearthMarcy et al. 2014
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope5.40 day2.21 Rearth1140 KQ1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope5.40 day2.53 Rearth1143 KQ1-Q8 KOI Table
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope5.40 day2.35 Rearth6.36 MearthStassun et al. 2017
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope5.40 day2.29 Rearth1146 KQ1-Q12 KOI Table
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope5.40 day2.29 Rearth1146 KQ1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope5.40 day2.29 RearthMorton et al. 2016
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope5.40 day2.31 Rearth8.30 Mearth1280 KGilliland et al. 2013
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope5.40 dayGajdoš et al. 2019
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope5.40 day2.36 Rearth8.03 Mearth1275 KBonomo et al. 2023
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope5.40 day7.65 MearthMills et al. 2019
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope2.32 RearthBerger et al. 2018