Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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K2-101 b
Host star K2-101 • 2 R⊕ • 14.68 d orbit
Records
7
archive rows
Discovery
2016
Transit
Radius
2 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
—
default parameter set
K2-101
618 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: Castro-González et al. 2022
Host Star
K2-101
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2016
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
14.68 day
14.66 to 14.68
Semi-Major Axis
0.11 au
single adopted value
Radius
2 Rearth
1.85 to 2.19
Equilibrium Temperature
618 K
single adopted value
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 2 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
K2-101 b
2 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
7
Refs
7
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Perioddisputed
Radiusdisputed
Eq. Tempstable
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 14.68 day | 1.94 Rearth | — | — | Kruse et al. 2019 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 14.66 day | — | — | — | Barros et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 14.68 day | 2.19 Rearth | — | — | Mayo et al. 2018 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 14.68 day | 2 Rearth | — | — | Mann et al. 2017 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 14.68 day | — | — | — | Rizzuto et al. 2017 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 14.68 day | 2 Rearth | — | 618 K | Castro-González et al. 2022 |
| 2016 | Transit | K2 | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 14.68 day | 1.85 Rearth | — | — | Libralato et al. 2016 |