K2-121

Planetary system · 552.5 light-years away

K2-121 is 553 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 4,526 K star; the first was found in 2017 by transit (K2).

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Worth knowing

K2-121 b goes round its star every 5.19 days, 17 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,526 K
Mass0.71 solar masses
Radius0.675 solar radii
Luminosity0.1798 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.229
Distance from the Sun552.5 light-years (169.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 126.9367°, Dec 17.5793°
ConstellationCancer

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
K2-121 b5.19 days0.0525 AU7.16 R⊕51 M⊕Transit, 2017

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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