Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
←Back to Exoplanets
ExoplanetDetail
EPIC 246851721 b
Host star EPIC 246851721 • 11.78 R⊕ • 6.18 d orbit
Records
3
archive rows
Discovery
2018
Transit
Radius
11.78 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
953.5 M⊕
default parameter set
EPIC 246851721
1401 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: Yu et al. 2018
Host Star
EPIC 246851721
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2018
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
6.18 day
6.18 to 6.18
Semi-Major Axis
0.07 au
single adopted value
Radius
11.78 Rearth
11.78 to 13.70
Mass
953.5 Mearth
single adopted value
Density
3.10 g/cm**3
single adopted value
Equilibrium Temperature
1401 K
1401 to 1406.0
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 11.78 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
EPIC 246851721 b
11.78 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
3
Refs
3
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massstable
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.18 day | 13.70 Rearth | — | 1406.0 K | ExoFOP |
| 2018 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.18 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2018 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.18 day | 11.78 Rearth | 953.5 Mearth | 1401 K | Yu et al. 2018 |