The K2-291 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 293.72 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.93 solar masses |
Radius | 0.9 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5520 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.08 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.72 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, K2-291 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 | 6.490 Earth masses |
Density | 8.840 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.589 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.03261 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 2.225 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2019-03 |
Reference | Kosiarek et al. 2019 |