Exoplanet K2-3 b

Name: K2-3 b
Creator: Stellar Catalog
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Exoplanet K2-3 b orbits star K2-3 that lies 145 light years away from the Sun. It weighs about 6.5 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.

Sun distance
145 light years

K2-3 b

Exoplanet, super-earth

Star: K2-3

Distance from the star: 0.0775 AU

Orbit around star: 10.05462 days

Eccentricity: 0.0

Basic characteristic

Mass: 6.5 M Earth

Size: 2.175 R Earth | 0.2 R Jupiter

Density: 3473 kg/m3 | 63 % Earth

Temperature: 463 K | 190 °C

Year of discovery: 2015 (transit)

Comparison to the Solar system planets

Mass: Neptune (38 % Neptune mass)

Size: Neptune (56 % Neptune radius)

Density: Mars (88 % Mars density)

Distance: Mercury (20 % Mercury distance)

Other designations of this exoplanet
EPIC 201367065 b, 2MASS 11292037-0127173 b

Exoplanets around star K2-3

Exoplanet K2-3 b orbits star Class red dwarf K2-3, which has lower mass than Sun. It is one of 3 known exoplanets orbiting this star.

K2-3 b	\| 0.08 AU
K2-3 c	\| 0.14 AU
K2-3 d	\| 0.21 AU

Star K2-3

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