Discovery Method
Orbital Brightness Modulation
Consistent across records
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Kepler-76 b
Host star Kepler-76 • 15.24 R⊕ • 1.54 d orbit
Records
13
archive rows
Discovery
2013
Orbital Brightness Modulation
Radius
15.24 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
638.8 M⊕
default parameter set
Kepler-76
2140 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: Esteves et al. 2015
Host Star
Kepler-76
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2013
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
1.54 day
1.54 to 1.54
Semi-Major Axis
0.03 au
0.03 to 0.03
Radius
15.24 Rearth
10.70 to 15.24
Mass
638.8 Mearth
635.6 to 638.8
Density
1.10 g/cm**3
1.10 to 1.26
Equilibrium Temperature
2140 K
1919 to 2140
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 15.24 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
Kepler-76 b
15.24 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
13
Refs
13
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Orbital Brightness Modulation | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | — | 13.11 Rearth | — | — | Berger et al. 2018 |
| 2013 | Orbital Brightness Modulation | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 1.54 day | 13.67 Rearth | — | 2013 K | Q1-Q12 KOI Table |
| 2013 | Orbital Brightness Modulation | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 1.54 day | 15.24 Rearth | 638.8 Mearth | 2140 K | Esteves et al. 2015 |
| 2013 | Orbital Brightness Modulation | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 1.54 day | 14.01 Rearth | 635.6 Mearth | — | Faigler et al. 2013 |
| 2013 | Orbital Brightness Modulation | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 1.54 day | 13.20 Rearth | — | — | Morton et al. 2016 |
| 2013 | Orbital Brightness Modulation | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 1.54 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2013 | Orbital Brightness Modulation | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 1.54 day | — | — | — | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table |
| 2013 | Orbital Brightness Modulation | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 1.54 day | 13.67 Rearth | — | 2013 K | Q1-Q16 KOI Table |
| 2013 | Orbital Brightness Modulation | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 1.54 day | 14.01 Rearth | 635.7 Mearth | — | Bonomo et al. 2017 |
| 2013 | Orbital Brightness Modulation | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 1.54 day | 12.35 Rearth | — | 1919 K | Q1-Q8 KOI Table |
| 2013 | Orbital Brightness Modulation | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 1.54 day | 13.43 Rearth | — | 1997 K | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table |
| 2013 | Orbital Brightness Modulation | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 1.54 day | 13.67 Rearth | — | 2013 K | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table |
| 2013 | Orbital Brightness Modulation | Kepler | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope | 1.54 day | 10.70 Rearth | — | 1991.5 K | ExoFOP |