Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Kepler-34 b
Host star Kepler-34 • 8.56 R⊕ • 288.8 d orbit
Records
1
archive rows
Discovery
2011
Transit
Radius
8.56 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
69.92 M⊕
default parameter set
Kepler-34
temperature unconstrained
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: Welsh et al. 2012
Host Star
Kepler-34
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2011
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
288.8 day
single adopted value
Semi-Major Axis
1.09 au
single adopted value
Radius
8.56 Rearth
single adopted value
Mass
69.92 Mearth
single adopted value
Density
0.61 g/cm**3
single adopted value
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 8.56 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Kepler-34 b
8.56 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
1
Refs
1
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusstable
Massstable
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 288.8 day | 8.56 Rearth | 69.92 Mearth | — | Welsh et al. 2012 |