K2-60 is 1,604 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G4 V star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (K2).
Fly there in 3DK2-60 b goes round its star every 3.00 days, 29 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | G4 V |
| Surface temperature | 5,500 K |
| Mass | 0.97 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.12 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 1.916 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 12.857 |
| Age | about 10 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 1604.3 light-years (491.9 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 338.6062°, Dec -13.7318° |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K2-60 b | 3.00 days | 0.0450 AU | 7.6557 R⊕ | 135.4 M⊕ | Transit, 2016 |
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.