K2-24c

K2-24c

Discovery
Discovered by	PETIGURA E., HOWARD A., LOPEZ E., DECK K., FULTON B. et al.[1][2]
Discovery site	Kepler Space Observatory
Discovery date	Nov. 17, 2015
Detection method	Transit
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	0.247 (± 0.004)[1] AU
Eccentricity	0[1]
Orbital period (sidereal)	42.3633 (± 0.0006)[1] d
Inclination	89.76 (± 0.2)[1]
Star	K2-24
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	7.82 ± 0.72[2] R🜨
Mass	27.0 ± 6.9[2] ME
Mean density	0.31 ± 0.12 g/cm^3
Temperature	606.0 K (332.9 °C)

K2-24c^[1] also known as EPIC 203771098 c is an exoplanet orbiting the Sun-like star K2-24 every 42 days. It has a density far lower than that of Saturn,^[2] which indicates that the planet is clearly a gas giant.

References

1. "Planet EPIC 2037 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Archived from the original on 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
2. Petigura, Erik A.; et al. (14 November 2015). "Two Transiting Low Density Sub-Saturns from K2". The Astrophysical Journal. 818 (1): 36. arXiv:1511.04497. Bibcode:2016ApJ...818...36P. doi:10.3847/0004-637X/818/1/36. S2CID 23452646.