K2-154

Planetary system · 421.9 light-years away

K2-154 is 422 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this M0.0 V star; the first was found in 2018 by transit (K2).

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Worth knowing

K2-154 b goes round its star every 3.68 days, 24 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM0.0 V
Surface temperature4,097 K
Mass0.65 solar masses
Radius0.63 solar radii
Luminosity0.096 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.861
Distance from the Sun421.9 light-years (129.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 189.0015°, Dec -2.6696°
ConstellationVirgo

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
K2-154 b3.68 days0.0405 AU1.99 R⊕4.62 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2018
K2-154 c7.95 days0.0677 AU2.07 R⊕4.94 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 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.

The planets, compared

For a star of 4,097 K, 0.096 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.32 to 0.60 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 422 years ago, around 1600.

Nearest systems to it

Also found by K2

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