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EPIC 212587672 b

World type: water_world
Discovery method: Transit
Discovery year: 2019
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EPIC 212587672 b is a charming little world discovered in 2019 as it gracefully passes in front of its star, EPIC 212587672, during a cosmic game of hide and seek. Spying on this transit was made possible by the vigilant Kepler spacecraft, which uses its keen CCD array eyes to detect tiny dips in starlight. Floating in the K2 mission's field of view, this exoplanet adds to our growing collection of intriguing distant orbs. While its exact features remain a mystery, EPIC 212587672 b invites us to imagine what surprises a planet so far away might hold.