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K2-72 e

K2-72 e is a temperate super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf star 216.7 ly away. A year there lasts 24.2 days. It was found using the transit method: it dims its star as it passes in front. Its temperature could allow liquid water, which makes it a habitable-zone candidate, not a confirmed habitable world. Note: its mass is estimated from its size. It sits where a planet could be warm enough for liquid water, in the so-called habitable zone.

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EarthK2-72 e
Gravity13.03 m/s²1.33× Earth estimated
Size1.29× Earthradius measured
Mass2.21× Earthestimated
Temperature≈ 13 °Cequilibrium temperature measured
Distance217 light-yearsfrom the Sun
Its star3,360 Ka red dwarf
One year24.2 daystime to orbit its star
Discovered2016transit

What it would be like in Worldwalk imagined

Nobody has seen the surface of K2-72 e. The game builds it from the real numbers above: you land on rocky land with shallow seas.

Pack the right suit. Choose 3 of 6 modules (cooling, heating, pressure hull, extra oxygen, radiation shield, jetpack), complete 3 surveys and get back to the lander before your oxygen runs out.

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Other planets around K2-72

K2-72 b1.1× EarthK2-72 c1.23× EarthK2-72 d0.99× Earth

Similar worlds nearby

Kepler-138 b218 light-yearsKepler-138 c218 light-yearsKepler-138 d218 light-yearsKepler-138 e218 light-yearsTOI-512 b220 light-yearsK2-233 b220 light-years

Sizes, masses, temperatures and orbits come from the NASA Exoplanet Archive (Planetary Systems Composite table). Values marked estimated are calculated from the other measurements; the surface and air are imagined for the game.