K2-24b | |
Discoverer: | PETIGURA E., HOWARD A., LOPEZ E., DECK K., FULTON B. et al.[1] |
Discovery Site: | Kepler Space Observatory |
Discovered: | Nov. 17, 2015 |
Discovery Method: | Transit |
Apsis: | astron |
Semimajor: | 0.0775AU |
Eccentricity: | 0 |
Period: | 20.8851 (± 0.0003)[2] d |
Mean Radius: | 0.507 (± 0.05) 5.577±0.55 |
Mass: | 0.0661 (± 0.017) (22.34±5.4) |
Density: | 0.7103g/cm3 |
Single Temperature: | 767K |
K2-24b[2] 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,[1] which indicates that the planet is clearly a gas giant.