K2-3c | |
Discovery Site: | Kepler Space Observatory |
Discovered: | 2015 |
Discovery Method: | Transit |
Apsis: | astron |
Star: | K2-3 |
Single Temperature: | (371.8K, equilibrium) |
K2-3c, also known as EPIC 201367065 c, is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star K2-3 every 24 days. It is 143 light-years away. It has a density of about 3.7 g/cm3, indicating that it could be an ocean world or a mini-Neptune. It is the second-smallest planet in the system by both radius and mass, with a mass almost three times that of Earth.