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AU Mic b

Host star AU Mic • 4.13 R⊕ • 8.46 d orbit

Records

14

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

4.13 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

14.35 M⊕

median non-null value

AU Mic

596.5 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

Fast scan of the current planet profile

This first pass still reads from the currently available detail payload. Canonical adopted summaries will replace first-row values in the next backend pass.

Host Star

AU Mic

Discovery

Transit

Year

2020

Period

8.46 day

Radius

4.20 Rearth

Mass

57.21 Mearth

Eq. Temp

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 4.13 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

AU Mic b

4.13 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

14

Refs

14

Methods

1

Discoverystable

14 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

14 values • 1 distinct

Perioddisputed

13 values • 2 distinct

Radiusdisputed

8 values • 8 distinct

Massdisputed

8 values • 8 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

4 values • 4 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day4.20 Rearth57.21 MearthPlavchan et al. 2020
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.45 day4.03 Rearth754.6 KExoFOP
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 dayHirano et al. 2020
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day6.10 MearthDonati et al. 2025
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day4.38 RearthSzabó et al. 2021
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope3.55 RearthSzabó et al. 2022
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day4.79 Rearth8.99 Mearth554.8 KMallorquín et al. 2024
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day4.07 Rearth17 Mearth593 KMartioli et al. 2021
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day17.10 MearthKlein et al. 2021
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day20.12 MearthCale et al. 2021
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day4.19 RearthGilbert et al. 2022
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day11.70 MearthZicher et al. 2022
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day10.20 MearthDonati et al. 2023
2020TransitTransiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)0.1 m TESS Telescope8.46 day3.96 Rearth600 KWittrock et al. 2023