Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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HIP 41378 b
Host star HIP 41378 • 2.42 R⊕ • 15.57 d orbit
Records
5
archive rows
Discovery
2016
Transit
Radius
2.42 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
9.06 M⊕
default parameter set
HIP 41378
970.7 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: Leonardi et al. 2025
Host Star
HIP 41378
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2016
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
15.57 day
15.57 to 15.57
Semi-Major Axis
0.13 au
single adopted value
Radius
2.42 Rearth
2.42 to 2.90
Mass
9.06 Mearth
6.89 to 9.06
Equilibrium Temperature
970.7 K
912 to 970.7
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 2.42 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
HIP 41378 b
2.42 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
5
Refs
5
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 15.57 day | 2.90 Rearth | — | — | Vanderburg et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 15.57 day | 2.44 Rearth | — | 912 K | ExoFOP |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 15.57 day | 2.60 Rearth | 6.89 Mearth | 959 K | Howard et al. 2025 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 15.57 day | 2.42 Rearth | 9.06 Mearth | 970.7 K | Leonardi et al. 2025 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 15.57 day | — | — | — | Berardo et al. 2019 |