K2-85

Planetary system · 317.1 light-years away

K2-85 is 317 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 4,232 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (K2).

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Worth knowing

K2-85 b goes round its star every 16.4 hours, 129 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,232 K
Mass0.7 solar masses
Radius0.71 solar radii
Luminosity0.1543 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.416
Distance from the Sun317.1 light-years (97.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 59.4648°, Dec 18.4650°
ConstellationTaurus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
K2-85 b16.4 hours0.0130 AU1.4 R⊕3.2 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.

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