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K2-288Bb
Sign in to saveAlso known as NAME LP 413-32 Bb, K2-288 Bb, TIC 640381384b, EPIC 210693462b, EPIC 210693462.01
K2-288Bb (previously designated EPIC 210693462 b) is a super-Earth or mini-Neptune exoplanet orbiting in the habitable zone of K2-288B, a low-mass M-dwarf star in a binary star system in the constellation of Taurus about 226 light-years from Earth. It was discovered by citizen scientists while analysing data from the Kepler space telescope's K2 mission, and was announced on 7 January 2019. K2-288 is the third transiting planet system identified by the Exoplanet Explorers program, after the six planets of K2-138 and the three planets of K2-233.
Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 226
- Radius
- 0.152
- Orbital period
- 31.393463
- Image
- PIA23004 K2-288Bb (Artist's Illustration).jpg
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- time of discovery or invention
- 2019-01-00
- catalog code
- EPIC 210693462.01
- orbital inclination
- 89.81
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 0.164
- temperature
- 226.0
- parallax
- 15.2166
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 185.476
- declination component of proper motion
- -74.070
- right ascension
- 55.4442857
- declination
- 18.2684913
- Commons category
- K2-288 B b
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9 sectionsContents
- Discovery
- Characteristics
- Mass, radius, and temperature
- Orbit and rotation
- Host stars
- Potential habitability
- See also
- References
- External links
K2-288Bb (previously designated EPIC 210693462 b) is a super-Earth or mini-Neptune exoplanet orbiting in the habitable zone of K2-288B, a low-mass M-dwarf star in a binary star system in the constellation of Taurus about 226 light-years from Earth. It was discovered by citizen scientists while analysing data from the Kepler space telescope's K2 mission, and was announced on 7 January 2019. K2-288 is the third transiting planet system identified by the Exoplanet Explorers program, after the six planets of K2-138 and the three planets of K2-233.
K2-288Bb is likely to be in the habitable zone of its host star, and thus may be capable of supporting life, though the planet's composition is unknown.