Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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K2-105 b
Host star K2-105 • 3.40 R⊕ • 8.27 d orbit
Records
11
archive rows
Discovery
2017
Transit
Radius
3.40 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
15.40 M⊕
default parameter set
K2-105
805 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: Howard et al. 2025
Host Star
K2-105
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2017
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
8.27 day
8.26 to 8.27
Radius
3.40 Rearth
3.37 to 3.59
Mass
15.40 Mearth
15.40 to 30
Density
2.24 g/cm**3
single adopted value
Equilibrium Temperature
805 K
805 to 958
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 3.40 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
K2-105 b
3.40 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
11
Refs
11
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Perioddisputed
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 8.27 day | 3.40 Rearth | 15.40 Mearth | 805 K | Howard et al. 2025 |
| 2017 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 8.27 day | 3.45 Rearth | — | 958 K | ExoFOP |
| 2017 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 8.27 day | 3.50 Rearth | — | — | Petigura et al. 2018 |
| 2017 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 8.27 day | 3.41 Rearth | — | — | Mayo et al. 2018 |
| 2017 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 8.27 day | 3.59 Rearth | 30 Mearth | — | Narita et al. 2017 |
| 2017 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 8.27 day | — | — | — | Pope et al. 2016 |
| 2017 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 8.26 day | — | — | — | Barros et al. 2016 |
| 2017 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 8.27 day | — | — | — | Bourrier et al. 2023 |
| 2017 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 8.27 day | 3.55 Rearth | — | — | Kruse et al. 2019 |
| 2017 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 8.27 day | 3.37 Rearth | — | 814 K | Livingston et al. 2018 |
| 2017 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 8.27 day | 3.59 Rearth | — | 928 K | Castro-González et al. 2022 |