| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | PETIGURA E., HOWARD A., LOPEZ E., DECK K., FULTON B. et al. |
| Discovery site | Kepler Space Observatory |
| Discovery date | Nov. 17, 2015 |
| Detection method | Transit |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Semi-major axis | 0.0775 AU (11,590,000 km) |
| Eccentricity | 0 |
| Orbital period (sidereal) | 20.8851 (± 0.0003) d |
| Star | K2-24 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mean radius | 0.507 (± 0.05) RJ 5.577±0.55 R🜨 |
| Mass | 0.0661 (± 0.017) MJ (22.34±5.4 ME) |
| Mean density | 0.7103 g/cm (0.02566 lb/cu in) |
| Temperature | 767 K (494 °C; 921 °F) |
K2-24b also known as EPIC 203771098 b is an exoplanet orbiting the Sun-like star K2-24 every 21 days. It has about the same density as Saturn, at 0.7103 g/cm, which indicates that the planet is clearly a gas giant.
References
- ^ "Planet EPIC 2037 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
- ^ Petigura, Erik A.; et al. (14 November 2015). "Two Transiting Low Density Sub-Saturns from K2". The Astrophysical Journal. 818 (1): 36. arXiv:1511.04497. Bibcode:2016ApJ...818...36P. doi:10.3847/0004-637X/818/1/36. S2CID 23452646.
| 2015 in space | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Space probe launches  |
|    | ||||
| Impact events | ||||||
| Selected NEOs | ||||||
| Exoplanets | ||||||
| Discoveries |
| |||||
| Comets | ||||||
| Space exploration | ||||||
 | This extrasolar-planet-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |