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K2-242

Unclassified star • 109.2 pc

Records

3

literature rows

Planets

1

system count

References

4

distinct source labels

TIC: TIC 152701771

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

3459 K

3388 to 4172.9

3 values • 3 distinct

Mass

0.36 Msun

0.35 to 0.38

2 values • 2 distinct

Radius

0.37 Rsun

0.36 to 0.37

2 values • 2 distinct

Luminosity

-1.81 log(Lsun)

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Distance

109.2 pc

single adopted value

3 values • 1 distinct

Planets

1

Stable across source rows

1

Scale Comparison

Radius against the Sun

Current adopted radius: 0.37 R☉ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Sun

1.0 R☉ baseline

K2-242

0.37 R☉

System Layout

Known planets

1 planets linked to this host

K2-242 b

Transit

◌

Discovery

2018

Period

6.51 days

Radius

2.54 R⊕

Mass

—

Eq. Temp

416 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

2 values • 2 distinct

Luminositystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Surface Gravitydisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Metallicitystable

1 values • 1 distinct

ST TEFFST MASSST RADST AGEST LUMST SPECTYPESY DISTStellar RefSystem Ref
34590.380.37———109.2Livingston et al. 2018TICv8
4172.9—————109.2Gaia DR2TICv8
33880.350.36—-1.81—109.2TICv8TICv8