The K2-238 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1754.60 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.19 solar masses |
Radius | 1.59 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5630 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.34 decimal exponent |
Age | 5.63 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, K2-238 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 273.334 Earth masses |
Density | 0.560 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 14.572 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.046 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.205 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2018-08 |
Reference | Soto et al. 2018 |