K2-98 is 1,692 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F8 V star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (K2).
Fly there in 3DK2-98 b goes round its star every 10.1 days, 9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | F8 V |
| Surface temperature | 6,260 K |
| Mass | 1.246 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.518 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 3.19 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 12.216 |
| Age | about 3.4 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 1691.5 light-years (518.6 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 126.4882°, Dec 11.5111° |
| Constellation | Cancer |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K2-98 b | 10.1 days | 0.0986 AU | 5.0665 R⊕ | 34.008 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.