K2-140 is 1,135 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G6 V star; the first was found in 2017 by transit (K2).
Fly there in 3DK2-140 b goes round its star every 6.57 days, 13 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | G6 V |
| Surface temperature | 5,585 K |
| Mass | 0.96 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.06 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.893 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 12.727 |
| Age | about 9.8 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 1134.8 light-years (347.9 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 188.1373°, Dec -9.6076° |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K2-140 b | 6.57 days | 0.0680 AU | 13.563 R⊕ | 295.58 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.