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K2-263 b

World type: eyeball
Discovery method: Transit
Discovery year: 2018
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Meet K2-263 b, a planet discovered back in 2018 by the Kepler Space Telescope using its trusty CCD Array. Orbiting the star K2-263, this little world was spotted as it slyly passed in front of its sun, causing a tiny dip in starlight—an exciting cosmic game of hide and seek! While details about its exact size and distance remain a bit mysterious, K2-263 b represents the incredible bounty of planets found beyond our solar system, thanks to space-based observers like Kepler. Whether it's a rocky world or a mini-Neptune, this planet reminds us just how diverse and fascinating the universe is, with each discovery opening a new chapter in our quest to understand distant worlds.