Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Kepler-87 c
Host star Kepler-87 • 6.14 R⊕ • 191.2 d orbit
Records
9
archive rows
Discovery
2013
Transit
Radius
6.14 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
6.40 M⊕
default parameter set
Kepler-87
403 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: Ofir et al. 2014
Host Star
Kepler-87
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2013
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
191.2 day
191.2 to 574.0
Semi-Major Axis
0.68 au
0.64 to 1.34
Radius
6.14 Rearth
3.20 to 6.89
Mass
6.40 Mearth
single adopted value
Density
0.15 g/cm**3
single adopted value
Equilibrium Temperature
403 K
202 to 403
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 6.14 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Kepler-87 c
6.14 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
9
Refs
9
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Perioddisputed
Radiusdisputed
Massstable
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 574.0 day | 4.96 Rearth | — | 259 K | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | — | 5.62 Rearth | — | — | Berger et al. 2018 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 191.2 day | — | — | — | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 191.2 day | 6.14 Rearth | 6.40 Mearth | 403 K | Ofir et al. 2014 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 574.0 day | 6.89 Rearth | — | — | Morton et al. 2016 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 574.0 day | 4.96 Rearth | — | 259 K | Q1-Q12 KOI Table |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 574.0 day | 3.20 Rearth | — | 202 K | Q1-Q8 KOI Table |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 191.2 day | 6.47 Rearth | — | 401 K | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 574.0 day | 4.96 Rearth | — | 259 K | Q1-Q16 KOI Table |