K2-100

Planetary system · 616.3 light-years away · also TYC 1398-142-1

K2-100 is 616 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G0 V star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (K2).

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Worth knowing

K2-100 b goes round its star every 40.2 hours, 53 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG0 V
Surface temperature5,945 K
Mass1.15 solar masses
Radius1.24 solar radii
Luminosity1.777 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.651
Ageabout 0.75 billion years
Distance from the Sun616.3 light-years (189.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 129.6011°, Dec 20.1060°
ConstellationCancer

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
K2-100 b40.2 hours0.0301 AU3.88 R⊕21.8 M⊕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.

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