The K2-280 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1277.02 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.03 solar masses |
Radius | 1.28 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5500 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.33 decimal exponent |
Age | 8.96 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, K2-280 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 | 37.100 Earth masses |
Density | 0.480 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 7.500 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1461 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.35 |
Orbital Period | 19.895 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 |