K2-182

Planetary system · 505.0 light-years away

K2-182 is 505 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,128 K star; the first was found in 2018 by transit (K2).

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Worth knowing

K2-182 b goes round its star every 4.74 days, 19 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,128 K
Mass0.823 solar masses
Radius0.789 solar radii
Luminosity0.388 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.833
Ageabout 6.2 billion years
Distance from the Sun505.0 light-years (154.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 130.1800°, Dec 10.9830°
ConstellationCancer

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
K2-182 b4.74 days0.0517 AU2.7126 R⊕20.977 M⊕Transit, 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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