K2-188

Planetary system · 1457.3 light-years away

K2-188 is 1,457 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,977 K star; the first was found in 2018 by transit (K2).

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Worth knowing

K2-188 b goes round its star every 41.8 hours, 51 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,977 K
Mass1.06 solar masses
Radius1.19 solar radii
Luminosity1.625 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.657
Distance from the Sun1457.3 light-years (446.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 129.8137°, Dec 23.3574°
ConstellationCancer

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
K2-188 b41.8 hours0.0289 AU1.35 R⊕2.39 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2018
K2-188 c7.81 days0.0785 AU2.83 R⊕8.4 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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