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Kepler-79 b

Host star Kepler-79 • 3.14 R⊕ • 13.48 d orbit

Records

16

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

3.14 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

12.50 M⊕

median non-null value

Kepler-79

850 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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Host Star

Kepler-79

Discovery

Transit

Year

2012

Period

13.48 day

Radius

2.73 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

850 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 3.14 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

Kepler-79 b

3.14 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

16

Refs

15

Methods

1

Discoverystable

16 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

16 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

15 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

12 values • 9 distinct

Massdisputed

5 values • 5 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

5 values • 3 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope13.48 day2.73 Rearth850 KQ1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope13.48 day15.70 MearthOfir et al. 2025
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope13.48 day10.30 MearthOfir et al. 2025
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope13.48 day2.59 RearthXie 2013
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope13.48 day2.73 Rearth850 KQ1-Q12 KOI Table
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope13.48 day3.47 RearthFulton & Petigura 2018
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope13.48 day2.73 Rearth850 KQ1-Q16 KOI Table
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope13.48 day1.92 Rearth54.10 MearthHadden et al. 2014
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope13.48 dayHolczer et al. 2016
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope13.48 day3.47 Rearth10.90 MearthJontof-Hutter et al. 2014
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope13.48 day3.34 Rearth12.50 MearthYoffe et al. 2021
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.44 RearthBerger et al. 2018
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope13.48 day3.42 RearthMorton et al. 2016
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope13.48 day3.39 Rearth929 KQ1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope13.48 dayQ1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table
2012TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope13.48 day2.94 Rearth868 KQ1-Q8 KOI Table