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EPIC 2037 b

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0.42 (± 0.04)

Discovery status
  
Confirmed

Discovery date
  
Nov. 17, 2015

EPIC 2037 b

Discoverer(s)
  
PETIGURA E., HOWARD A., LOPEZ E., DECK K., FULTON B. et al.

Discovery site
  
Kepler Space Observatory

EPIC 2037 b also known as EPIC 203771098 b is an exoplanet orbiting the Sun-like star EPIC 203771098 every 21 days. It has about the same density as Saturn, at 0.7103 g/cm3, which indicates that the planet is clearly a gas giant.

References

EPIC 2037 b Wikipedia