K2-291

Planetary system · 293.7 light-years away · also HD 285181, TYC 1294-1233-1

K2-291 is 294 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,520 K star; the first was found in 2019 by transit (K2).

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Worth knowing

K2-291 b goes round its star every 2.23 days, 40 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,520 K
Mass0.934 solar masses
Radius0.899 solar radii
Luminosity0.682 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.014
Ageabout 3.72 billion years
Distance from the Sun293.7 light-years (90.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 76.4459°, Dec 21.5482°
ConstellationTaurus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
K2-291 b2.23 days0.0326 AU1.589 R⊕6.49 M⊕Transit, 2019

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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