Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Kepler-117 b
Host star Kepler-117 • 8.06 R⊕ • 18.80 d orbit
Records
15
archive rows
Discovery
2014
Transit
Radius
8.06 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
29.88 M⊕
default parameter set
Kepler-117
984 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: Bruno et al. 2015
Host Star
Kepler-117
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2014
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
18.80 day
18.80 to 50.79
Semi-Major Axis
0.14 au
0.14 to 0.15
Radius
8.06 Rearth
5.74 to 8.50
Mass
29.88 Mearth
29.88 to 31.40
Density
0.30 g/cm**3
0.30 to 0.34
Equilibrium Temperature
984 K
792 to 984
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 8.06 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Kepler-117 b
8.06 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
15
Refs
15
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Perioddisputed
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 18.80 day | 6.04 Rearth | — | 808 K | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 18.80 day | 6.04 Rearth | — | 808 K | Q1-Q12 KOI Table |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 18.80 day | — | — | — | Gajdoš et al. 2019 |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | — | 8.50 Rearth | — | — | Berger et al. 2018 |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 18.80 day | 8.01 Rearth | — | — | Fulton & Petigura 2018 |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 50.79 day | — | — | — | Kipping et al. 2015 |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 18.80 day | 7.39 Rearth | — | 852 K | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 18.80 day | — | — | — | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 18.80 day | 5.74 Rearth | — | 792 K | Q1-Q8 KOI Table |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 18.80 day | 6.04 Rearth | — | 808 K | Q1-Q16 KOI Table |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 18.80 day | 7.81 Rearth | — | — | Rowe et al. 2014 |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 18.80 day | 8.06 Rearth | 29.88 Mearth | 984 K | Bruno et al. 2015 |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 18.80 day | — | — | — | Holczer et al. 2016 |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 18.80 day | 6.65 Rearth | — | — | Morton et al. 2016 |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 18.80 day | — | 31.40 Mearth | — | Ofir et al. 2025 |