K2-19

Planetary system · 945.3 light-years away

K2-19 is 945 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this G9 star; the first was found in 2015 by transit (K2).

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Worth knowing

K2-19 d goes round its star every 2.51 days, 35 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG9
Surface temperature5,322 K
Mass0.88 solar masses
Radius0.82 solar radii
Luminosity0.5106 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.024
Ageabout 1.7 billion years
Distance from the Sun945.3 light-years (289.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 174.9603°, Dec 0.6036°
ConstellationVirgo

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
K2-19 d2.51 days0.0348 AU1.044 R⊕6.2 M⊕Transit, 2016
K2-19 b7.92 days0.0749 AU7 R⊕30.8 M⊕Transit, 2015
K2-19 c11.9 days0.0982 AU4.1 R⊕11 M⊕Transit, 2015

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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