The K2-146 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 258.64 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.33 solar masses |
Radius | 0.33 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3385 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.02 decimal exponent |
Age | 5 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, K2-146 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 | 5.770 Earth masses |
Density | 3.690 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.050 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0248 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.129 |
Orbital Period | 2.645 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2018-03 |
Reference | Hirano et al. 2018 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, K2-146 c 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 | 7.490 Earth masses |
Density | 3.920 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.190 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0327 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.075 |
Orbital Period | 4.005 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2019-09 |
Reference | Hamann et al. 2019 |