Kepler-242
Kepler-242 b
Rank #2966 of the ranked catalogue · Discovered by Transit in 2014
HZ 0%inferred
0.088
Earth-2.0 index
0.291
Earth Similarity Index
0%
Habitable-zone probability
2.61 R⊕
Radius
Planet
Mass7.320 M⊕inferred
Bulk density2.260 g/cm³
Orbital period8.2040 days
Semi-major axis0.07500 au
Eccentricity0.000
Incident flux43.768 S⊕
Equilibrium temperature653.8 K
Transit-time σ at 203026.4 minLinear propagation of published epoch and period errors; not a ranking input.
Maximum angular separation0.13 masReflected-light contrast 2.10e-7 at Aᵍ = 0.30 and Lambertian quadrature.
Composite parameter sources7 · mixedThe archive may select different publications for different parameters; mixed-source is disclosed, not automatically penalised.
Default-solution coverage50%0% median composite-to-default difference over shared parameters.
Host star & system
HostKepler-242
Spectral typeK
Effective temperature5020 K
Radius0.850 R☉
Mass0.748 M☉
Distance600.2 pc / 1957.7 ly
DiscoveryTransit, 2014