Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Kepler-78 b
Host star Kepler-78 • 1.20 R⊕ • 0.36 d orbit
Records
8
archive rows
Discovery
2013
Transit
Radius
1.20 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
1.68 M⊕
default parameter set
Kepler-78
2223 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: Bonomo et al. 2023
Host Star
Kepler-78
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2013
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
0.36 day
0.35 to 0.36
Semi-Major Axis
9.01e-3 au
single adopted value
Radius
1.20 Rearth
1.12 to 1.23
Mass
1.68 Mearth
1.68 to 8
Density
5.33 g/cm**3
5.26 to 6
Equilibrium Temperature
2223 K
2223 to 2250
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 1.20 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Kepler-78 b
1.20 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
8
Refs
8
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Perioddisputed
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 0.36 day | — | — | — | Iglesias-Marzoa et al. 2015 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 0.36 day | 1.20 Rearth | 1.69 Mearth | — | Howard et al. 2013 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 0.36 day | 1.16 Rearth | 8 Mearth | — | Sanchis-Ojeda et al. 2013 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 0.35 day | 1.17 Rearth | 1.86 Mearth | 2250 K | Pepe et al. 2013 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 0.36 day | 1.20 Rearth | 1.87 Mearth | — | Grunblatt et al. 2015 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 0.36 day | 1.12 Rearth | 1.97 Mearth | — | Stassun et al. 2017 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 0.35 day | 1.23 Rearth | 1.77 Mearth | — | Dai et al. 2019 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 0.36 day | 1.20 Rearth | 1.68 Mearth | 2223 K | Bonomo et al. 2023 |