The K2-32 system contains 4 exoplanets. It is located 514.29 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.83 solar masses |
Radius | 0.86 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5271 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.06 decimal exponent |
Age | 7.9 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, K2-32 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 | 15.000 Earth masses |
Density | 0.550 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 5.299 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0795 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.03 |
Orbital Period | 8.992 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2016-06 |
Reference | Dai et al. 2016 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, K2-32 c 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 | 8.100 Earth masses |
Density | 1.430 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.134 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.13843 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.049 |
Orbital Period | 20.661 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2016-06 |
Reference | Dai et al. 2016 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, K2-32 d 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 | 6.700 Earth masses |
Density | 0.870 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.484 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.18422 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.05 |
Orbital Period | 31.717 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2016-06 |
Reference | Dai et al. 2016 |
At 2.102 Earth masses, K2-32 e is a so called Super Earth. Super Earths could be terrestrial worlds like Earth, but they could also be ocean worlds or terrestrial worlds wrapped in a substantial atmosphere, in which case some refer to them as Mini Neptunes.
Mass | 2.100 Earth masses |
Density | 6.300 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.212 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.04899 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.043 |
Orbital Period | 4.349 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2019-05 |
Reference | Heller et al. 2019 |