The K2-27 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 814.23 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.87 solar masses |
Radius | 0.89 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5248 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.13 decimal exponent |
Age | 10.3 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, K2-27 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 | 30.900 Earth masses |
Density | 1.870 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.480 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.06702 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.251 |
Orbital Period | 6.771 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2016-03 |
Reference | Van Eylen et al. 2016 |