K2-296b

K2-296b
	Size comparison of the planet K2-296b (artistic concept) with Earth
Discovery[1]
Discovery date	2019
Detection method	transit
Designations
Alternative names	EPIC 201238110 b
Orbital characteristics[1]
Orbital period (sidereal)	28.1696+0.0043; −0.0038 [2]
Star	EPIC 201238110
Physical characteristics[1]
Mean radius	0.167+0.04; −0.018 RJ

K2-296b (more commonly referred to as EPIC 201238110 b) is a planet discovered by Heller et al.[3] in 2019. There is another candidate planet in the system called EPIC 201238110 c.[4]

Habitability

It has been classed as a warm superterran.[4]

References

"The Extrasolar Planet Encyclopaedia — EPIC 201238110 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
Hardegree-Ullman, Kevin K. (2020-03-10). "Scaling K2. I. Revised Parameters for 222,088 K2 Stars and a K2 Planet Radius Valley at 1.9 R⊕". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 247 (28): 28. arXiv:2001.11511. Bibcode:2020ApJS..247...28H. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ab7230. S2CID 211003631.
"Exoplanet Archive". exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
"plot_K2-296.png".

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[exoplanet.eu-1] "The Extrasolar Planet Encyclopaedia — EPIC 201238110 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 2021-04-15.

[2] Hardegree-Ullman, Kevin K. (2020-03-10). "Scaling K2. I. Revised Parameters for 222,088 K2 Stars and a K2 Planet Radius Valley at 1.9 R⊕". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 247 (28): 28. arXiv:2001.11511. Bibcode:2020ApJS..247...28H. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ab7230. S2CID 211003631.

[3] "Exoplanet Archive". exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-15.

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