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Kepler-78 b

Host star Kepler-78 • 1.20 R⊕ • 0.36 d orbit

Records

8

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

1.20 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

1.86 M⊕

median non-null value

Kepler-78

2236.5 K equilibrium

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Host Star

Kepler-78

Discovery

Transit

Year

2013

Period

0.36 day

Radius

1.20 Rearth

Mass

1.69 Mearth

Eq. Temp

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

8 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

8 values • 1 distinct

Perioddisputed

8 values • 2 distinct

Radiusdisputed

7 values • 5 distinct

Massdisputed

7 values • 7 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.36 day1.20 Rearth1.69 MearthHoward et al. 2013
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.36 day1.12 Rearth1.97 MearthStassun et al. 2017
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.35 day1.23 Rearth1.77 MearthDai et al. 2019
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.36 day1.16 Rearth8 MearthSanchis-Ojeda et al. 2013
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.35 day1.17 Rearth1.86 Mearth2250 KPepe et al. 2013
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.36 dayIglesias-Marzoa et al. 2015
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.36 day1.20 Rearth1.68 Mearth2223 KBonomo et al. 2023
2013TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope0.36 day1.20 Rearth1.87 MearthGrunblatt et al. 2015