K2-360 c

Exoplanet

Star: K2-360

Distance from the star: 0.0883 AU

Orbit around star: 9.79692 days

Eccentricity: 0.13

Basic characteristic

Mass: 15.2 M Earth

Temperature: 912 K | 639 °C

Year of discovery: 2024 (radial velocity)

Other designations of this exoplanet
EPIC 201595106 c

K2-360 system structure

Exoplanet K2-360 c orbits star K2-360, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is one of 2 known exoplanets orbiting this star.


K2-360
	K2-360 b	0.02 AU	7.7 M⊕	1.6 R⊕	0.9 days
	K2-360 c	0.09 AU	15.2 M⊕		9.8 days

Comparison

When comparing to the Solar system planets, K2-360 c has 1.04 times the mass of Uranus and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.

	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune
Mass	276.98	18.69	15.23	138.49	0.05	0.16	1.04	0.89
Distance	0.23	0.12	0.09	0.06	0.02	0.01	0	0
Temperature	2.07	1.24	3.17	4.38	5.6	6.86	11.69	12.67

Habitability

Habitable zone of the star: 1 - 1.5 AU

The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.

The planet is a gas giant and has no surface.

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