Finding Earth 2.0
Kepler-242

Kepler-242 c

Rank #2087 of the ranked catalogue · Discovered by Transit in 2014

HZ 0%inferred

0.095

Earth-2.0 index

0.379

Earth Similarity Index

0%

Habitable-zone probability

2.00 R⊕

Radius

Planet

Mass4.660 M⊕inferred
Bulk density3.200 g/cm³
Orbital period14.4965 days
Semi-major axis0.10900 au
Eccentricity0.000
Incident flux20.498 S⊕
Equilibrium temperature540.9 K
Transit-time σ at 203062.2 minLinear propagation of published epoch and period errors; not a ranking input.
Maximum angular separation0.18 masReflected-light contrast 5.84e-8 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