The K2-116 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 161.07 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.69 solar masses |
Radius | 0.67 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4348.35 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.01 decimal exponent |
Age | - billion years |
At less than 1.5 Earth masses, K2-116 b is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 0.257 Earth masses |
Density | 4.300 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 0.690 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.048 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.06 |
Orbital Period | 4.655 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2017-11 |
Reference | Dressing et al. 2017 |