Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Kepler-7 b
Host star Kepler-7 • 18.18 R⊕ • 4.89 d orbit
Records
19
archive rows
Discovery
2009
Transit
Radius
18.18 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
140.2 M⊕
default parameter set
Kepler-7
1630 K equilibrium
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: Esteves et al. 2015
Host Star
Kepler-7
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2009
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
4.89 day
4.89 to 4.89
Semi-Major Axis
0.06 au
0.06 to 0.06
Radius
18.18 Rearth
16.10 to 18.48
Mass
140.2 Mearth
135.1 to 144.0
Density
0.14 g/cm**3
0.12 to 0.17
Equilibrium Temperature
1630 K
1413 to 1630
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 18.18 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Kepler-7 b
18.18 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
19
Refs
19
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.89 day | 16.57 Rearth | 137.6 Mearth | 1540 K | Latham et al. 2010 |
| 2009 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.89 day | 17.48 Rearth | — | — | Fulton & Petigura 2018 |
| 2009 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | — | 17.65 Rearth | — | — | Berger et al. 2018 |
| 2009 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.89 day | 17.29 Rearth | — | 1499 K | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table |
| 2009 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.89 day | 17.96 Rearth | 135.1 Mearth | 1621 K | Southworth 2011 |
| 2009 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.89 day | 16.66 Rearth | — | 1496 K | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table |
| 2009 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.89 day | 16.10 Rearth | — | 1413 K | Q1-Q8 KOI Table |
| 2009 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.89 day | 18.18 Rearth | 140.2 Mearth | 1630 K | Esteves et al. 2015 |
| 2009 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.89 day | — | — | — | Gajdoš et al. 2019 |
| 2009 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.89 day | — | — | — | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table |
| 2009 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.89 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2009 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.89 day | — | — | — | Holczer et al. 2016 |
| 2009 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.89 day | 17.29 Rearth | — | 1499 K | Q1-Q12 KOI Table |
| 2009 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.89 day | 18.48 Rearth | 144.0 Mearth | 1619 K | Southworth 2012 |
| 2009 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.89 day | 17.59 Rearth | — | — | Morton et al. 2016 |
| 2009 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | — | — | — | — | Hu et al. 2015 |
| 2009 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.89 day | 18.48 Rearth | 142.7 Mearth | — | Bonomo et al. 2017 |
| 2009 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.89 day | 18.18 Rearth | — | 1576.4 K | ExoFOP |
| 2009 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 4.89 day | 17.29 Rearth | — | 1499 K | Q1-Q16 KOI Table |