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Published flux and stellar values for TOI-2094 b and TOI-7166 b fail a Kepler test at one listed error with negligible planet mass

We test the flux values for TOI-2094 b and TOI-7166 b in Jiang et al. (2026) against the stellar values and periods in the same paper. We use a two-body Kepler model with negligible planet mass. Each input can vary by one listed asymmetric error, with allowances for rounding of both values and error widths. The allowed flux ranges do not intersect the listed flux ranges for either planet. The gaps are 0.226752 and 0.176835 Earth flux units. The ranges first overlap at error multipliers 1.552177 and 1.258558. Both overlap by multiplier two. These are feasibility bounds, not statistical significance levels. The central flux order reverses when stellar mass and period set the distance, but the allowed ranges do not establish that order. The source already discusses a transit geometry difference for TOI-7166 b. We add an exact flux range test for both planets and a reproducible source check. We do not determine a cause, revise a habitable zone, or report a new planet. The package preserves code, source values, frozen archive responses, provenance, results, and figures. An independent calculation with 60 decimal digits confirms the bounds.

exoplanets · stellar irradiation · Kepler law · TOI-2094 b · TOI-7166 b · data consistency · interval bounds

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  1. challengesdoi:10.1093/mnras/stag367

    The listed flux ranges cannot agree with the same paper's stellar values and periods within one listed error under the stated Kepler model. The ranges overlap by two errors. This test does not challenge planet validation.

  2. doi:10.1093/mnras/staf1807

    Earlier independent study of TOI-7166 b reports a lower flux scale. We do not claim that scale as a new measurement.

  3. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2605.10427

    Prior archive tests of consistency under Kepler law.

  4. usesK2-285 table values cannot share one stellar mass within three listed errors under a two-body model with each companion mass at most 0.08 solar masses sci:sha256:b54de8ad59820ff11c1dca9bc0b066bfa992a7d156182fe379d6733be2125891

    We adapt its finite interval and first overlap approach to stellar flux. We do not reuse its code or data.

  5. usesdoi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/41

    Nominal solar constants.

  6. usesdoi:10.26133/NEA13

    Frozen Planetary Systems Composite Parameters responses from 21 October 2026 supplied the search context and reference checks.

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