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K2-240

M0.5 V • 72.91 pc

Records

3

literature rows

Planets

2

system count

References

4

distinct source labels

TIC: TIC 432247315

Approximate color

from effective temperature

Canonical Summary

Adopted host values from all rows

Numeric fields use the median of non-null measurements. Disagreement stays visible through ranges, counts, and provenance.

Temperature

3823 K

3810 to 4010.3

3 values • 3 distinct

Mass

0.57 Msun

0.56 to 0.58

2 values • 2 distinct

Radius

0.54 Rsun

0.50 to 0.57

3 values • 3 distinct

Luminosity

-1.23 log(Lsun)

-1.28 to -1.21

3 values • 3 distinct

Distance

72.91 pc

single adopted value

3 values • 1 distinct

Spectral Type

M0.5 V

Consistent across records

M0.5 V (1)

Planets

2

Stable across source rows

2

Scale Comparison

Radius against the Sun

Current adopted radius: 0.54 R☉ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Sun

1.0 R☉ baseline

K2-240

0.54 R☉

System Layout

Known planets

2 planets linked to this host

K2-240 b

Transit

◌

Discovery

2018

Period

6.03 days

Radius

2 R⊕

Mass

—

Eq. Temp

586 K

K2-240 c

Transit

◌

Discovery

2018

Period

20.52 days

Radius

1.80 R⊕

Mass

—

Eq. Temp

389 K

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

3

Stellar refs

3

System refs

1

Distancestable

3 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

3 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturedisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Massdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Radiusdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Luminositydisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Surface Gravitydisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Metallicitystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Spectral Typestable

1 values • 1 distinct

ST TEFFST MASSST RADST AGEST LUMST SPECTYPESY DISTStellar RefSystem Ref
4010.3—0.50—-1.23—72.91Gaia DR2TICv8
38100.580.54—-1.28M0.5 V72.91Díez Alonso et al. 2018TICv8
38230.560.57—-1.21—72.91TICv8TICv8