Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Kepler-279 c
Host star Kepler-279 • 4.30 R⊕ • 35.74 d orbit
Records
12
archive rows
Discovery
2013
Transit
Radius
4.30 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
49.40 M⊕
default parameter set
Kepler-279
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: Xie 2014
Host Star
Kepler-279
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2013
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
35.74 day
35.73 to 35.74
Radius
4.30 Rearth
3.57 to 5.61
Mass
49.40 Mearth
7.40 to 49.40
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 4.30 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Kepler-279 c
4.30 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
12
Refs
12
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Perioddisputed
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 35.74 day | 4.30 Rearth | 49.40 Mearth | — | Xie 2014 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 35.74 day | 5.61 Rearth | — | — | Morton et al. 2016 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 35.74 day | — | 18.10 Mearth | — | Ofir et al. 2025 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 35.74 day | 3.57 Rearth | — | 660 K | Q1-Q16 KOI Table |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 35.73 day | — | — | — | Holczer et al. 2016 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 35.73 day | 5.50 Rearth | 7.40 Mearth | — | Hadden & Lithwick 2017 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | — | 4.61 Rearth | — | — | Berger et al. 2018 |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 35.74 day | 5.47 Rearth | — | 774 K | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 35.74 day | 3.57 Rearth | — | 660 K | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 35.74 day | 4.30 Rearth | — | 699 K | Q1-Q8 KOI Table |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 35.74 day | — | — | — | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table |
| 2013 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 35.74 day | 3.57 Rearth | — | 660 K | Q1-Q12 KOI Table |