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Discovery date | July 18, 2016 |
Transit | |
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0.0370 ± 0.0047 AU (5,540,000 ± 700,000 km)[1] | |
5.57739±0.00068[1] d | |
Star | K2-72[1] |
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0.067±0.018 RJ 0.75±0.20 [1] R🜨 | |
K2-72b is a small exoplanet orbiting around the red dwarf star K2-72 approximately 227.7 light-years away. K2-72b completes an orbit in 5.57 days, and it has a radius of only 75% of that of the Earth.
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