K2-10

Planetary system · 888.3 light-years away

K2-10 is 888 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F9 star; the first was found in 2015 by transit (K2).

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Worth knowing

K2-10 b goes round its star every 19.3 days, 5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeF9
Surface temperature5,533 K
Mass0.88 solar masses
Radius0.956 solar radii
Luminosity0.7927 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.429
Distance from the Sun888.3 light-years (272.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 172.1216°, Dec 1.6906°
ConstellationLeo

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
K2-10 b19.3 days0.137 AU3.773 R⊕25.2 M⊕Transit, 2015

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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