Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Kepler-278 b
Host star Kepler-278 • 3.96 R⊕ • 30.16 d orbit
Records
14
archive rows
Discovery
2014
Transit
Radius
3.96 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
56 M⊕
default parameter set
Kepler-278
586 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: Jofré et al. 2020
Host Star
Kepler-278
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2014
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
30.16 day
30.16 to 30.16
Semi-Major Axis
0.20 au
0.20 to 0.21
Radius
3.96 Rearth
2.94 to 4.59
Mass
56 Mearth
single adopted value
Density
5 g/cm**3
single adopted value
Equilibrium Temperature
586 K
586 to 836
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 3.96 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Kepler-278 b
3.96 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
14
Refs
14
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massstable
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 30.16 day | — | — | — | Holczer et al. 2016 |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 30.16 day | 4.01 Rearth | — | — | Fulton & Petigura 2018 |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 30.16 day | 4.54 Rearth | — | 836 K | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 30.16 day | 4.07 Rearth | — | — | Rowe et al. 2014 |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 30.16 day | 3.96 Rearth | 56 Mearth | 586 K | Jofré et al. 2020 |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 30.16 day | 4.23 Rearth | — | 829 K | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | — | 4.21 Rearth | — | — | Berger et al. 2018 |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 30.16 day | 4.23 Rearth | — | 829 K | Q1-Q16 KOI Table |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 30.16 day | 4.23 Rearth | — | 829 K | Q1-Q12 KOI Table |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 30.16 day | 4.59 Rearth | — | — | Van Eylen & Albrecht 2015 |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 30.16 day | 3.89 Rearth | — | — | Morton et al. 2016 |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 30.16 day | 2.94 Rearth | — | 693 K | Q1-Q8 KOI Table |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 30.16 day | — | — | — | Gajdoš et al. 2019 |
| 2014 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 30.16 day | — | — | — | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table |