Astronomy:K2-24b

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Short description: Exoplanet in the constellation Scorpius
K2-24b
Discovery
Discovered byPETIGURA E., HOWARD A., LOPEZ E., DECK K., FULTON B. et al.[1][2]
Discovery siteKepler Space Observatory
Discovery dateNov. 17, 2015
Transit
Orbital characteristics
0.0775 AU (11,590,000 km)
Eccentricity0[1]
Orbital period20.8851 (± 0.0003)[1] d
StarK2-24
Physical characteristics
Mean radius0.507 (± 0.05)[1] |♃|J}}}}}}
5.577±0.55[1] R
Mass0.0661 (± 0.017) [1] ||J}}}}}}
(22.34±5.4[1] M)
Mean density0.7103 g/cm3 (0.02566 lb/cu in)
Physics767 K (494 °C; 921 °F)


K2-24b[1] 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/cm3,[2] which indicates that the planet is clearly a gas giant.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Planet EPIC 2037 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/epic_203771098_b/. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Petigura, Erik A. et al. (14 November 2015). "Two Transiting Low Density Sub-Saturns from K2". The Astrophysical Journal 818 (1): 36. doi:10.3847/0004-637X/818/1/36. Bibcode2016ApJ...818...36P.