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K2-18b

(EPIC 201912552b)
(super-Earth in a habitable zone)

K2-18b is a super-Earth in its host star's habitable zone, discovered by K2 in 2015. The star, K2-18 is a red dwarf. The planet is classified as a hycean planet, i.e., a planet covered with water and an atmosphere with substantial hydrogen. While these suggest the potential for habitability, actual habitability remains under debate. Characteristics:


(exoplanet,transit method,habitable zone,super-Earth)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2-18b
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2-18
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ApJ...806..215F/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017ApJ...837...72M/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020ApJ...891L...7M/abstract
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=K2-18b
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=K2-18
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance
Lightyears
/Lookback Years
  
~038pc124lyK2-18b
Coordinates:K2-18b
J113014.518+073518.26

Referenced by pages:
M-type star (M)
red dwarf

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