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K2-38b

Summary

K2-38b is an exoplanet[1].

Key Facts

  • K2-38b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[2].
  • K2-38b's constellation is recorded as Scorpius[3].
  • K2-38b's parent astronomical body is recorded as Q91794594[4].
  • K2-38b's catalog code is recorded as K2-38b[5].
  • K2-38b's catalog code is recorded as EPIC 204221263b[6].
  • K2-38b's catalog code is recorded as EPIC 204221263.02[7].
  • K2-38b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 12666215b[8].
  • K2-38b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2016-08-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • K2-38b's discovery method is recorded as transit method[10].
  • K2-38b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.197'}[11].
  • K2-38b's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+88.36'}[12].
  • K2-38b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q681996', 'amount': '+7.3'}[13].
  • K2-38b's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1155470', 'amount': '+1.54'}[14].
  • K2-38b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4.01593'}[15].
  • K2-38b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21500224', 'amount': '+5.1625'}[16].
  • K2-38b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+0.04994'}[17].
  • K2-38b's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+16'}[18].
  • K2-38b's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+240.03357629368918'}[19].
  • K2-38b's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-23.18925756760139'}[20].
  • K2-38b's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[21].
  • K2-38b's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-37.626'}[22].
  • K2-38b's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-56.969'}[23].

Body

Definition and Type

K2-38b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . 197 candidates and 104 validated planets in K2's first five fields. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Eleven multiplanet systems from K2 campaigns 1 and 2 and the masses of two hot super-earths. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Eleven multiplanet systems from K2 campaigns 1 and 2 and the masses of two hot super-earths. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Characterization of the K2-38 planetary system. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Cold Jupiters and improved masses in 38 Kepler and K2 small-planet systems from 3661 high-precision HARPS-N radial velocities. No excess of cold Jupiters in small-planet systems. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Characterization of the K2-38 planetary system. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Characterization of the K2-38 planetary system. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Accurate Empirical Radii and Masses of Planets and Their Host Stars with Gaia Parallaxes. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Characterization of the K2-38 planetary system. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Characterization of the K2-38 planetary system. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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