K2-287 is 516 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,695 K star; the first was found in 2018 by transit (K2).
Fly there in 3DK2-287 b goes round its star every 14.9 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Surface temperature | 5,695 K |
| Mass | 1.056 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.07 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.7793 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 11.41 |
| Age | about 4.5 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 516.4 light-years (158.3 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 233.0743°, Dec -22.3583° |
| Constellation | Libra |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K2-287 b | 14.9 days | 0.121 AU | 9.494 R⊕ | 100.12 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.