K2-3c also known as EPIC 201367065 c is an exoplanet orbiting K2-3 a red dwarf every 24 days. It is 144 ly away.[4] It has a density of 1.82g/cm3, indicating that it could be a Gas dwarf or a mini-Neptune. It is one of the smallest gas planets ever discovered. Despite not being the smallest planet in the system by radius,[5] by mass it is by far the least massive, with a mass only double that of Earth.[5]
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Discovery site | Kepler Space Observatory |
Discovery date | 2015 |
Detection method | Transit |
Orbital characteristics | |
Semi-major axis | 0.1413+0.0044 −0.0047 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.04±0.04[2] |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 24.64638±0.00017[3] d |
Inclination | 89.70±0.20[2] |
Semi-amplitude | 0.95±0.37[3] |
Star | K2-3 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 1.77±0.18[3] REarth |
Mass | 3.1+1.3 −1.2[3] MEarth |
Mean density | 3.1+1.9 −1.3 g cm−3 |
Temperature | 374 K (101 °C; 214 °F) |
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