The K2-121 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 552.50 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.69 solar masses |
Radius | 0.67 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4690 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.16 decimal exponent |
Age | - billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, K2-121 b is an ice giant, a planet that is made up mostly of volatiles like water, amonia and methane, and enveloped by a dense hydrogen and helium atmosphere, much like Uranus and Neptune.
Mass | 44.100 Earth masses |
Density | 0.570 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 7.520 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0629 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.22 |
Orbital Period | 5.186 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 |