The K2-24 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 556.30 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.07 solar masses |
Radius | 1.16 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5625 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.34 decimal exponent |
Age | 5.1 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, K2-24 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 | 19.000 Earth masses |
Density | 0.640 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 5.400 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.154 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.06 |
Orbital Period | 20.890 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2016-02 |
Reference | Petigura et al. 2016 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, K2-24 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 | 15.400 Earth masses |
Density | 0.200 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 7.500 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.247 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.07 |
Orbital Period | 42.339 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2016-02 |
Reference | Petigura et al. 2016 |