EPIC 246851721 is 1,215 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F5 V star; the first was found in 2018 by transit (K2).
Fly there in 3DEPIC 246851721 b goes round its star every 6.18 days, 14 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
EPIC 246851721 is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only EPIC 246851721 and its planets are drawn.
| Spectral type | F5 V |
| Surface temperature | 6,202 K |
| Mass | 1.317 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.586 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 3.36 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 11.237 |
| Age | about 3.02 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 1215.4 light-years (372.6 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 78.9198°, Dec 16.2787° |
| Constellation | Taurus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPIC 246851721 b | 6.18 days | 0.0723 AU | 11.781 R⊕ | 953.49 M⊕ | Transit, 2018 |
Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.
For a star of 6,202 K, 3.4 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.70 to 2.97 AU. None of its known planets orbits inside it. The zone says how much starlight arrives, not whether a planet has water or air. The edges follow Kopparapu et al. (2014), as the 3D view draws them.
The light you see left 1,215 years ago, around AD 810.