The K2-4 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 756.12 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.64 solar masses |
Radius | 0.57 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4014.73 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.12 decimal exponent |
Age | - billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, K2-4 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 | 5.060 Earth masses |
Density | 3.000 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.100 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.078 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.08 |
Orbital Period | 10.003 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2015-08 |
Reference | Montet et al. 2015 |