K2-79 is 835 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G1 star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (K2).
Fly there in 3DK2-79 b goes round its star every 11.0 days, 8 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | G1 |
| Surface temperature | 5,897 K |
| Mass | 1.06 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.269 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 1.76 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 12.152 |
| Age | about 6.5 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 835.0 light-years (256.0 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 55.2559°, Dec 13.5192° |
| Constellation | Taurus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K2-79 b | 11.0 days | 0.0987 AU | 4.15 R⊕ | 5.9 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.