Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Kepler-40 b
Host star Kepler-40 • 13.11 R⊕ • 6.87 d orbit
Records
15
archive rows
Discovery
2010
Transit
Radius
13.11 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
699.2 M⊕
default parameter set
Kepler-40
1620 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: Santerne et al. 2011
Host Star
Kepler-40
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2010
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
6.87 day
6.87 to 6.87
Semi-Major Axis
0.08 au
0.07 to 0.08
Radius
13.11 Rearth
7 to 16.14
Mass
699.2 Mearth
657.9 to 699.2
Density
1.68 g/cm**3
0.86 to 1.68
Equilibrium Temperature
1620 K
1068 to 1744
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 13.11 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Kepler-40 b
13.11 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
15
Refs
15
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.87 day | 14.24 Rearth | 673.8 Mearth | 1666 K | Southworth 2011 |
| 2010 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.87 day | — | — | — | Gajdoš et al. 2019 |
| 2010 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.87 day | 13.80 Rearth | — | 1482 K | Q1-Q16 KOI Table |
| 2010 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.87 day | — | — | — | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table |
| 2010 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.87 day | 13.11 Rearth | 699.2 Mearth | 1620 K | Santerne et al. 2011 |
| 2010 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | — | 13.61 Rearth | — | — | Berger et al. 2018 |
| 2010 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.87 day | 16.14 Rearth | 686.5 Mearth | 1744 K | Southworth 2012 |
| 2010 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.87 day | 13.80 Rearth | — | 1482 K | Q1-Q12 KOI Table |
| 2010 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.87 day | 13.80 Rearth | — | 1482 K | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table |
| 2010 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.87 day | 13.62 Rearth | — | — | Morton et al. 2016 |
| 2010 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.87 day | 16.14 Rearth | 657.9 Mearth | — | Bonomo et al. 2017 |
| 2010 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.87 day | 14.62 Rearth | — | 1507.3 K | ExoFOP |
| 2010 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.87 day | — | — | — | Holczer et al. 2016 |
| 2010 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.87 day | 13.44 Rearth | — | 1482 K | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table |
| 2010 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 6.87 day | 7 Rearth | — | 1068 K | Q1-Q8 KOI Table |