K2-72b

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.

K2-72b
Discovery
Discovery dateJuly 18, 2016
Transit
Orbital characteristics
0.0370 ± 0.0047 AU (5,540,000 ± 700,000 km)[1]
5.57739±0.00068[1] d
StarK2-72[1]
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
0.067±0.018 RJ
0.75±0.20 [1] R

    References

    1. "K2-72b CONFIRMED PLANET OVERVIEW PAGE". NASA Exoplanet Archive. Retrieved 2016-07-18.



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