Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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K2-27 b
Host star K2-27 • 4.74 R⊕ • 6.77 d orbit
Records
10
archive rows
Discovery
2016
Transit
Radius
4.74 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
30.20 M⊕
default parameter set
K2-27
836 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
K2-27
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2016
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
6.77 day
6.77 to 6.77
Radius
4.74 Rearth
4.45 to 5.77
Mass
30.20 Mearth
29.10 to 30.90
Density
1.71 g/cm**3
1.71 to 1.87
Equilibrium Temperature
836 K
836 to 991
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 4.74 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
K2-27 b
4.74 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
10
Refs
10
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.77 day | 5.36 Rearth | — | — | Crossfield et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.77 day | 4.68 Rearth | — | — | Vanderburg et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.77 day | — | — | — | Barros et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.77 day | 4.48 Rearth | 30.90 Mearth | 902 K | Petigura et al. 2017 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.77 day | 4.74 Rearth | 30.20 Mearth | 836 K | Howard et al. 2025 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.77 day | 4.45 Rearth | 29.10 Mearth | — | Van Eylen et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.77 day | 5.77 Rearth | — | 991 K | Montet et al. 2015 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.77 day | 4.58 Rearth | — | — | Mayo et al. 2018 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.77 day | 5.08 Rearth | — | 965 K | ExoFOP |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.77 day | 5.05 Rearth | — | — | Kruse et al. 2019 |