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cool red dwarf

K2-72

K2-72 is a cool red dwarf 217 light-years from Earth, with a temperature of 3,361 K and 0.27 times the Sun's mass. It has 4 known planets.

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Planets
4 
Distance
217 light-years66.4 pc
Star
3,361 K0.33 R☉

About this system

The innermost, K2-72 b, circles it in 5.58 days; the outermost, K2-72 e, in 24.2 days. One of them lies in the habitable zone: K2-72 e.

Worlds of K2-72

NameTypeSizeA yearTemperature
K2-72 bEarth-sized 1.1 × Earth5.58 days466 K
K2-72 dEarth-sized 1 × Earth7.76 days417 K
K2-72 cEarth-sized 1.2 × Earth15.2 days334 K
K2-72 eSuper-Earth 1.3 × Earth24.2 days286 K