K2-24b

K2-24b
Discovery
Discovered by	PETIGURA E., HOWARD A., LOPEZ E., DECK K., FULTON B. et al.
Discovery site	Kepler Space Observatory
Discovery date	Nov. 17, 2015
Detection method	Transit
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	0.0775 AU (11,590,000 km)
Eccentricity	0
Orbital period	20.8851 (± 0.0003) d
Star	K2-24
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	0.507 (± 0.05) \|♃\|J}}}}}}; 5.577±0.55 R⊕
Mass	0.0661 (± 0.017) \|♃\|J}}}}}}; (22.34±5.4 M⊕)
Mean density	0.7103 g/cm3 (0.02566 lb/cu in)
Physics	767 K (494 °C; 921 °F)

Short description: Exoplanet in the constellation Scorpius

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.

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↑ ^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/.
↑ ^2.0 ^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. Bibcode: 2016ApJ...818...36P.

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[Exoplanet.eu-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/.

[PET-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. Bibcode: 2016ApJ...818...36P.

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K2-24b

Topic: Astronomy

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