K2-18 b

Summary

K2-18 b is an exoplanet^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.52% of exoplanet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,250 views/month, #3 of 578).^[2]

Key Facts

• K2-18 b is credited with the discovery of Kepler Space Telescope^[3].
• K2-18 b's video is recorded as K2-18 Star System Video.webm^[4].
• K2-18 b's image is recorded as Esa-hubble-k2-18a impression.jpg^[5].
• K2-18 b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[6].
• K2-18 b's instance of is recorded as sub-Neptune^[7].
• K2-18 b's constellation is recorded as Leo^[8].
• K2-18 b's Commons category is recorded as K2-18 b^[9].
• K2-18 b's parent astronomical body is recorded as K2-18^[10].
• K2-18 b's catalog code is recorded as TOI-5555.01^[11].
• K2-18 b's catalog code is recorded as K2-18b^[12].
• K2-18 b's catalog code is recorded as EPIC 201912552b^[13].
• K2-18 b's catalog code is recorded as EPIC 201912552.01^[14].
• K2-18 b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 388804061b^[15].
• K2-18 b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2015-08-00T00:00:00Z^[16].
• K2-18 b's discovery method is recorded as transit method^[17].
• K2-18 b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2'}^[18].
• K2-18 b's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+89.5785'}^[19].
• K2-18 b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q681996', 'amount': '+8.63'}^[20].
• K2-18 b's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1155470', 'amount': '+2.61'}^[21].
• K2-18 b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+32.940045'}^[22].
• K2-18 b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+26.2686'}^[23].
• K2-18 b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.1591'}^[24].
• K2-18 b's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-5.7'}^[25].
• K2-18 b's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q531', 'amount': '+120'}^[26].
• K2-18 b's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q531', 'amount': '+124'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include exoplanet^[6] and sub-Neptune^[7].

History and Context

Catalog codes include TOI-5555.01^[11], K2-18b^[12], EPIC 201912552b^[13], EPIC 201912552.01^[14], and TIC 388804061b^[15].

Why It Matters

K2-18 b ranks in the top 0.52% of exoplanet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,250 views/month, #3 of 578).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]