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Kepler-8 b

Host star Kepler-8 • 15.70 R⊕ • 3.52 d orbit

Records

16

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

15.70 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

187.5 M⊕

median non-null value

Kepler-8

1532 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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Host Star

Kepler-8

Discovery

Transit

Year

2010

Period

3.52 day

Radius

14.83 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

1521 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 15.70 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

Kepler-8 b

15.70 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

16

Refs

16

Methods

1

Discoverystable

16 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

16 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

15 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

13 values • 9 distinct

Massdisputed

4 values • 3 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

9 values • 6 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2010TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.52 day14.83 Rearth1521 KQ1-Q16 KOI Table
2010TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.52 day15.31 RearthMorton et al. 2016
2010TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.52 day15.90 Rearth1532 KQ1-Q8 KOI Table
2010TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.52 day15.91 Rearth178.0 MearthBonomo et al. 2017
2010TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.52 day15.48 Rearth187.5 Mearth1662 KSouthworth 2011
2010TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.52 day15.90 Rearth1566.7 KExoFOP
2010TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.52 day15.91 Rearth191.6 Mearth1764 KJenkins et al. 2010
2010TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.52 dayQ1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table
2010TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.52 day14.59 Rearth1521 KQ1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table
2010TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.52 day15.70 RearthFulton & Petigura 2018
2010TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope15.79 RearthBerger et al. 2018
2010TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.52 dayGajdoš et al. 2019
2010TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.52 day14.83 Rearth1521 KQ1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table
2010TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.52 day15.87 Rearth187.5 Mearth1680 KEsteves et al. 2015
2010TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.52 dayHolczer et al. 2016
2010TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.52 day14.83 Rearth1521 KQ1-Q12 KOI Table