K2-155

Planetary system · 237.4 light-years away · also LP 415-17

K2-155 is 237 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this K7 star; the first was found in 2018 by transit (K2).

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Worth knowing

K2-155 b goes round its star every 6.34 days, 14 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK7
Surface temperature4,258 K
Mass0.65 solar masses
Radius0.58 solar radii
Luminosity0.059 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.773
Distance from the Sun237.4 light-years (72.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 65.4696°, Dec 21.3533°
ConstellationTaurus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
K2-155 b6.34 days0.0562 AU1.8 R⊕3.89 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2018
K2-155 c13.8 days0.0946 AU2.6 R⊕7.27 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2018
K2-155 d40.7 days0.194 AU1.9 R⊕4.27 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2018

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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