K2-72b

K2-72b
Discovery
Discovery date	July 18, 2016
Detection method	Transit
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	0.0370 ± 0.0047 AU (5,540,000 ± 700,000 km)
Orbital period	5.57739±0.00068 d
Star	K2-72
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	0.067±0.018 \|♃\|J}}}}}}; 0.75±0.20 R⊕

Short description: Extrasolar planet

K2-72b is a small exoplanet orbiting around the red dwarf star K2-72 approximately 227.7 light-years away. K2-72b completes an orbit in 5.57 days, and it has a radius of only 75% of that of the Earth.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "K2-72b CONFIRMED PLANET OVERVIEW PAGE". NASA Exoplanet Archive. http://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/DisplayOverview/nph-DisplayOverview?objname=k2-72+b&type=CONFIRMED_PLANET.

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[NASA-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "K2-72b CONFIRMED PLANET OVERVIEW PAGE". NASA Exoplanet Archive. http://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/DisplayOverview/nph-DisplayOverview?objname=k2-72+b&type=CONFIRMED_PLANET.

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K2-72b

Topic: Astronomy

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