Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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K2-240 b
Host star K2-240 • 2 R⊕ • 6.03 d orbit
Records
1
archive rows
Discovery
2018
Transit
Radius
2 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
—
default parameter set
K2-240
586 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: Díez Alonso et al. 2018
Host Star
K2-240
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2018
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
6.03 day
single adopted value
Semi-Major Axis
0.05 au
single adopted value
Radius
2 Rearth
single adopted value
Equilibrium Temperature
586 K
single adopted value
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 2 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
K2-240 b
2 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
1
Refs
1
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusstable
Eq. Tempstable
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.03 day | 2 Rearth | — | 586 K | Díez Alonso et al. 2018 |