The K2-98 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1691.53 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.2 solar masses |
Radius | 1.57 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6172 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.06 decimal exponent |
Age | 5.2 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, K2-98 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 | 32.200 Earth masses |
Density | 2.150 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 5.200 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0974 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 10.136 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2016-12 |
Reference | Barragán et al. 2016 |