The K2-99 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1693.50 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.63 solar masses |
Radius | 2.63 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6217 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.21 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.4 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, K2-99 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 308.295 Earth masses |
Density | 1.050 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 11.730 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1597 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.19 |
Orbital Period | 18.252 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2017-01 |
Reference | Smith et al. 2017 |