K2-72c

K2-72c
Discovery
Discovery date	July 18, 2016
Detection method	Transit
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	0.0722 ± 0.0091 AU (10,800,000 ± 1,360,000 km)
Orbital period (sidereal)	15.1871±0.0032 d
Star	K2-72
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	0.860±0.220 R🜨

K2-72c is a small exoplanet orbiting around the red dwarf star K2-72 approximately 227.7 light-years away. It is located in the inner edge of the habitable zone.^[2] K2-72c completes an orbit in 15.2 days, and it has a radius of only 86% of that of the Earth.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "K2-72c CONFIRMED PLANET OVERVIEW PAGE". NASA Exoplanet Archive. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
^ Mike Wall (18 July 2016). "2 Newfound Alien Planets May Be Capable of Supporting Life". Space.com. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[NASA-1] "K2-72c CONFIRMED PLANET OVERVIEW PAGE". NASA Exoplanet Archive. Retrieved 2016-07-18.

[K2-2] Mike Wall (18 July 2016). "2 Newfound Alien Planets May Be Capable of Supporting Life". Space.com. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

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