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K2-296b
Discovery[1]
Discovery date2019
transit
Designations
EPIC 201238110 b
Orbital characteristics[1]
28.1696+0.0043
−0.0038 [2]
StarEPIC 201238110
Physical characteristics[1]
Mean radius
0.167+0.04
−0.018

K2-296b (more commonly referred to as EPIC 201238110 b) is a planet discovered by Heller et al.[3] in 2019. There is another candidate planet in the system called EPIC 201238110 c.[4]

Habitability

It has been classed as a warm superterran.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "The Extrasolar Planet Encyclopaedia — EPIC 201238110 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  2. ^ Hardegree-Ullman, Kevin K. (2020-03-10). "Scaling K2. I. Revised Parameters for 222,088 K2 Stars and a K2 Planet Radius Valley at 1.9 R⊕". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 247 (28): 28. arXiv:2001.11511. Bibcode:2020ApJS..247...28H. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ab7230. S2CID 211003631.
  3. ^ "Exoplanet Archive". exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  4. ^ a b "plot_K2-296.png".


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