The K2-246 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 2294.89 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.87 solar masses |
Radius | 0.94 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5610 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.19 decimal exponent |
Age | - billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, K2-246 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 | 12.000 Earth masses |
Density | 1.550 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.490 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0602 AU |
Eccentricity | NaN |
Orbital Period | 5.769 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 |