K2-332 b
K2-332 b (also EPIC 211579112.01) is a potentially habitable Super-Earth or Mini-Neptune exoplanet with a radius of 2.2 earths. It is in the empirical habitable zone, receiving 1.17 times the light that Earth gets from the sun. Its star, K2-332, is type M4V, with a temperature of ~3300 K. It was detected using the transit method in 2016 and is 402 light-years away.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovery date | 2016 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Eccentricity | <0.05 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 17.7 days |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 2.2 R🜨 |
| Mass | 5.47 M🜨 |
Mean density | 2.83 g/cm3 |
| Temperature | 266 K |
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