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Kepler-959 b

Host star Kepler-959 • 3.92 R⊕ • 14.80 d orbit

Records

10

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

3.92 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

median non-null value

Kepler-959

1035 K equilibrium

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Host Star

Kepler-959

Discovery

Transit

Year

2016

Period

14.80 day

Radius

4.38 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 3.92 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

Kepler-959 b

3.92 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

10

Refs

10

Methods

1

Discoverystable

10 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

10 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

9 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

7 values • 5 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

5 values • 3 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.80 day4.38 RearthMorton et al. 2016
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.80 day4.40 Rearth1005 KQ1-Q8 KOI Table
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.80 dayHolczer et al. 2016
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.80 day3.23 Rearth1035 KQ1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.80 day3.23 Rearth1035 KQ1-Q16 KOI Table
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.80 day3.23 Rearth1035 KQ1-Q12 KOI Table
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.80 day17.38 Rearth1912 KQ1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope3.92 RearthBerger et al. 2018
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.80 dayGajdoš et al. 2019
2016TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope14.80 dayQ1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table