Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Kepler-26 b
Host star Kepler-26 • 2.78 R⊕ • 12.28 d orbit
Records
17
archive rows
Discovery
2011
Transit
Radius
2.78 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
5.12 M⊕
default parameter set
Kepler-26
temperature unconstrained
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: Jontof-Hutter et al. 2016
Host Star
Kepler-26
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2011
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
12.28 day
12.28 to 12.28
Radius
2.78 Rearth
2.73 to 3.69
Mass
5.12 Mearth
4.85 to 120.8
Density
1.26 g/cm**3
0.78 to 1.26
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 2.78 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Kepler-26 b
2.78 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
17
Refs
17
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.28 day | — | — | — | Holczer et al. 2016 |
| 2011 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.28 day | 2.89 Rearth | — | 427 K | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table |
| 2011 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.28 day | 2.83 Rearth | — | 431 K | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table |
| 2011 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.28 day | 3.60 Rearth | 120.8 Mearth | — | Steffen et al. 2012 |
| 2011 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.28 day | 3.08 Rearth | — | 501 K | Q1-Q8 KOI Table |
| 2011 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.28 day | 2.89 Rearth | — | 427 K | Q1-Q12 KOI Table |
| 2011 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.28 day | 3.22 Rearth | 4.85 Mearth | — | Leleu et al. 2023 |
| 2011 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | — | 3.69 Rearth | — | — | Mann et al. 2013 |
| 2011 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | — | 3.19 Rearth | — | — | Berger et al. 2018 |
| 2011 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.28 day | 2.89 Rearth | — | — | Dressing & Charbonneau 2015 |
| 2011 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.28 day | — | — | — | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table |
| 2011 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.28 day | 2.89 Rearth | — | 427 K | Q1-Q16 KOI Table |
| 2011 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.28 day | 3.25 Rearth | — | — | Morton et al. 2016 |
| 2011 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.28 day | 2.78 Rearth | 5.12 Mearth | — | Jontof-Hutter et al. 2016 |
| 2011 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.28 day | 2.73 Rearth | — | — | Dressing & Charbonneau 2013 |
| 2011 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.28 day | 2.83 Rearth | — | 427 K | Muirhead et al. 2012 |
| 2011 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 12.28 day | 2.90 Rearth | 5.02 Mearth | — | Hadden & Lithwick 2016 |