The K2-126 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 335.79 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.69 solar masses |
Radius | 0.65 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4339 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.02 decimal exponent |
Age | - billion years |
With a mass below 5 Earth masses, a density of 3.26, and a semi-major axis of 0.0656 astronomical units, K2-126 b could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 4.540 Earth masses |
Density | 3.260 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.970 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0656 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.06 |
Orbital Period | 7.386 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 |