The K2-244 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 694.39 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.86 solar masses |
Radius | 0.92 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5677 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.29 decimal exponent |
Age | - billion years |
At 3.721 Earth masses, K2-244 b is a so called Super Earth. Super Earths could be terrestrial worlds like Earth, but they could also be ocean worlds or terrestrial worlds wrapped in a substantial atmosphere, in which case some refer to them as Mini Neptunes.
Mass | 3.710 Earth masses |
Density | 3.800 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.750 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1418 AU |
Eccentricity | NaN |
Orbital Period | 21.069 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2018-08 |
Reference | Livingston et al. 2018 |