K2-72d
K2-72d is a small exoplanet orbiting around the red dwarf star K2-72 approximately 227.7 light-years away. K2-72d completes an orbit in 7.8 days, and it has a radius of only 73% of that of the Earth.
| Discovery | |
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| Discovery date | July 18, 2016 |
| Transit | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.0461 ± 0.0058 AU (6,900,000 ± 870,000 km)[1] | |
| 7.7599±0.0014[1] d | |
| Star | K2-72[1] |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 0.73±0.20 [1] R⊕ |
References
- "K2-72d CONFIRMED PLANET OVERVIEW PAGE". NASA Exoplanet Archive. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
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