Finding Earth 2.0
K2-72

K2-72 b

Rank #462 of the ranked catalogue · Discovered by Transit in 2016

HZ 0%inferred

0.115

Earth-2.0 index

0.626

Earth Similarity Index

0%

Habitable-zone probability

1.08 R⊕

Radius

Planet

Mass1.280 M⊕inferred
Bulk density5.580 g/cm³
Orbital period5.5772 days
Semi-major axis0.04000 au
Eccentricity0.110
Incident flux8.500 S⊕
Equilibrium temperature434.0 K
Transit-time σ at 2030594.3 minLinear propagation of published epoch and period errors; not a ranking input.
Maximum angular separation0.60 masReflected-light contrast 1.27e-7 at Aᵍ = 0.30 and Lambertian quadrature.
Composite parameter sources3 · mixedThe archive may select different publications for different parameters; mixed-source is disclosed, not automatically penalised.
Default-solution coverage75%0% median composite-to-default difference over shared parameters.

Host star & system

HostK2-72
Spectral typeM
Effective temperature3360 K
Radius0.331 R☉
Mass0.271 M☉
Distance66.4 pc / 216.7 ly
DiscoveryTransit, 2016