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kap And b

Host star kap And • 15.92 R⊕

Records

3

archive rows

Discovery

Imaging

Radius

15.92 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

4327.4 M⊕

median non-null value

kap And

1791 K equilibrium

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Host Star

kap And

Discovery

Imaging

Year

2012

Period

Radius

Mass

4068.1 Mearth

Eq. Temp

1680 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 15.92 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

kap And b

15.92 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

3

Refs

3

Methods

1

Discoverystable

3 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

3 values • 1 distinct

Radiusstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Massdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2012ImagingSubaru Telescope8.2 m Subaru Telescope4068.1 Mearth1680 KCarson et al. 2013
2012ImagingSubaru Telescope8.2 m Subaru Telescope4327.4 Mearth1900 KBonnefoy et al. 2014
2012ImagingSubaru Telescope8.2 m Subaru Telescope15.92 Rearth5498.4 Mearth1791 KGodoy et al. 2025