Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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K2-268 b
Host star K2-268 • 1.50 R⊕ • 2.15 d orbit
Records
3
archive rows
Discovery
2018
Transit
Radius
1.50 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
—
default parameter set
K2-268
1136 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: de Leon et al. 2021
Host Star
K2-268
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2018
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
2.15 day
2.15 to 2.15
Radius
1.50 Rearth
1.41 to 1.61
Equilibrium Temperature
1136 K
1121 to 1136
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 1.50 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
K2-268 b
1.50 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
3
Refs
3
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 2.15 day | 1.50 Rearth | — | 1136 K | de Leon et al. 2021 |
| 2018 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 2.15 day | 1.61 Rearth | — | — | Kruse et al. 2019 |
| 2018 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 2.15 day | 1.41 Rearth | — | 1121 K | Livingston et al. 2018 |