Astronomy:K2-296b
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Short description: Exoplanet
Discovery[1] | |
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Discovery date | 2019 |
transit | |
Designations | |
EPIC 201238110 b | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Orbital period | 28.1696+0.0043 −0.0038 [2] |
Star | EPIC 201238110 |
Physical characteristics[1] | |
Mean radius | 0.167+0.04 −0.018 |
K2-296b (more commonly referred to as EPIC 201238110 b) is a planet discovered by Heller et al.[3] in 2019. There is another candidate planet in the system called EPIC 201238110 c.[4]
Habitability
It has been classed as a warm superterran.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "The Extrasolar Planet Encyclopaedia — EPIC 201238110 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. https://exoplanet.eu/catalog/epic_201238110_b--7756/.
- ↑ Hardegree-Ullman, Kevin K. (2020-03-10). "Scaling K2. I. Revised Parameters for 222,088 K2 Stars and a K2 Planet Radius Valley at 1.9 R⊕". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement 247 (28): 28. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ab7230. Bibcode: 2020ApJS..247...28H. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20200310-154033341.
- ↑ "Exoplanet Archive". https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/overview/K2-296#planet_EPIC-201238110-b_collapsible.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "plot_K2-296.png". https://www.hpcf.upr.edu/~abel/phl/hec2/splots/plot_K2-296.png.
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