Exoplanet K2-3 c

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

Exoplanet K2-3 c orbits star K2-3 that lies 145 light years away from the Sun. It weighs about 2.1 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.

Sun distance
145 light years

K2-3 c

Exoplanet, super-earth

Star: K2-3

Distance from the star: 0.1405 AU

Orbit around star: 24.64658 days

Basic characteristic

Mass: 2.1 M Earth

Size: 1.849 R Earth | 0.2 R Jupiter

Density: 1866 kg/m3 | 34 % Earth

Temperature: 344 K | 71 °C

Year of discovery: 2015 (transit)

Comparison to the Solar system planets

Mass: Earth (210 % Earth mass)

Size: Earth (184.9 % Earth radius)

Density: Neptune (114 % Neptune density)

Distance: Mercury (36 % Mercury distance)

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

Exoplanets around star K2-3

Exoplanet K2-3 c 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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