EPIC 201595106

Planetary system · 757.0 light-years away · also K2-360

EPIC 201595106 is 757 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,679 K star; the first was found in 2021 by transit (K2).

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Worth knowing

EPIC 201595106 b goes round its star every 21.1 hours, 100 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,679 K
Mass0.958 solar masses
Radius0.98 solar radii
Luminosity0.893 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.746
Ageabout 6 billion years
Distance from the Sun757.0 light-years (232.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 183.7204°, Dec 1.9682°
ConstellationVirgo

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
EPIC 201595106 b21.1 hours0.0177 AU1.565 R⊕7.67 M⊕Transit, 2021
K2-360 c9.80 days0.0883 AU4.02 R⊕ estimated15.23 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2024

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.

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