Discovery Method
Imaging
Consistent across records
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kap And b
Host star kap And • 15.92 R⊕
Records
3
archive rows
Discovery
2012
Imaging
Radius
15.92 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
5498.4 M⊕
default parameter set
kap And
1791 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: Godoy et al. 2025
Host Star
kap And
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2012
Stable across source rows
Radius
15.92 Rearth
single adopted value
Mass
5498.4 Mearth
4068.1 to 5498.4
Equilibrium Temperature
1791 K
1680 to 1900
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 15.92 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
kap And b
15.92 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
3
Refs
3
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Radiusstable
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Imaging | Subaru Telescope | 8.2 m Subaru Telescope | — | — | 4327.4 Mearth | 1900 K | Bonnefoy et al. 2014 |
| 2012 | Imaging | Subaru Telescope | 8.2 m Subaru Telescope | — | 15.92 Rearth | 5498.4 Mearth | 1791 K | Godoy et al. 2025 |
| 2012 | Imaging | Subaru Telescope | 8.2 m Subaru Telescope | — | — | 4068.1 Mearth | 1680 K | Carson et al. 2013 |