K2-62 is 367 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 4,455 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (K2).
Fly there in 3DK2-62 b goes round its star every 6.67 days, 13 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Surface temperature | 4,455 K |
| Mass | 0.67 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.696 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.1877 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 12.391 |
| Distance from the Sun | 366.8 light-years (112.5 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 334.3645°, Dec -12.1875° |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K2-62 b | 6.67 days | 0.0636 AU | 2.02 R⊕ | 4.74 M⊕ estimated | Transit, 2016 |
| K2-62 c | 16.2 days | 0.115 AU | 1.99 R⊕ | 4.62 M⊕ estimated | Transit, 2016 |
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 4,455 K, 0.19 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.44 to 0.81 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 367 years ago, around 1660.