Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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Kepler-538 b
Host star Kepler-538 • 2.21 R⊕ • 81.74 d orbit
Records
14
archive rows
Discovery
2016
Transit
Radius
2.21 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
12.90 M⊕
default parameter set
Kepler-538
417 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: Bonomo et al. 2023
Host Star
Kepler-538
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2016
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
81.74 day
81.74 to 81.74
Semi-Major Axis
0.36 au
0.35 to 0.47
Radius
2.21 Rearth
2.13 to 2.29
Mass
12.90 Mearth
10.46 to 12.90
Density
6.50 g/cm**3
5.40 to 6.50
Equilibrium Temperature
417 K
380 to 417
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 2.21 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Kepler-538 b
2.21 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
14
Refs
14
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 81.74 day | 2.16 Rearth | — | — | Fulton & Petigura 2018 |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 81.74 day | 2.13 Rearth | — | 381 K | Q1-Q16 KOI Table |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 81.74 day | 2.13 Rearth | — | 381 K | Q1-Q12 KOI Table |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 81.74 day | 2.26 Rearth | — | — | Morton et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 81.74 day | 2.21 Rearth | 10.60 Mearth | 380 K | Mayo et al. 2019 |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 81.74 day | 2.21 Rearth | 12.90 Mearth | 417 K | Bonomo et al. 2023 |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 81.74 day | — | — | — | Holczer et al. 2016 |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | — | 2.13 Rearth | — | — | Berger et al. 2018 |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 81.74 day | 2.16 Rearth | — | 385 K | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 81.74 day | — | — | — | Gajdoš et al. 2019 |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 81.74 day | 2.13 Rearth | — | 381 K | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 81.74 day | 2.16 Rearth | 10.46 Mearth | — | Weiss et al. 2024 |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 81.74 day | 2.29 Rearth | — | 380 K | Q1-Q8 KOI Table |
| 2016 | Transit | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 81.74 day | — | — | — | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table |