The K2-26 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 323.06 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.56 solar masses |
Radius | 0.52 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3785 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.13 decimal exponent |
Age | 1 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, K2-26 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 | 7.610 Earth masses |
Density | 2.200 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.670 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0962 AU |
Eccentricity | NaN |
Orbital Period | 14.566 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2016-02 |
Reference | Schlieder et al. 2016 |