The K2-272 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1379.85 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.86 solar masses |
Radius | 0.83 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5397 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.09 decimal exponent |
Age | - billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, K2-272 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 | 9.960 Earth masses |
Density | 1.780 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.130 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1007 AU |
Eccentricity | NaN |
Orbital Period | 14.454 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2018-12 |
Reference | Livingston et al. 2018 |