Astronomy:K2-72b
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Short description: Extrasolar planet
Discovery | |
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Discovery date | July 18, 2016 |
Transit | |
Orbital characteristics | |
0.0370 ± 0.0047 AU (5,540,000 ± 700,000 km)[1] | |
Orbital period | 5.57739±0.00068[1] d |
Star | K2-72[1] |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 0.067±0.018 |♃|J}}}}}} 0.75±0.20 [1] R⊕ |
K2-72b is a small exoplanet orbiting around the red dwarf star K2-72 approximately 227.7 light-years away. K2-72b completes an orbit in 5.57 days, and it has a radius of only 75% of that of the Earth.
References
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2-72b.
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