Exoplanet · super-Earth
EPIC 201238110 b
EPIC 201238110 b is a super-Earth orbiting the star EPIC 201238110. Its year lasts 28.2 Earth days. It was discovered in 2019 by the Transit method.
| Host star | EPIC 201238110 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 519.4 light-years (159.3 pc) |
| Orbital period | 28.2 days |
| Radius | 1.87 R⊕ · 0.167 R♃ |
| Mass | 4.16 M⊕ · 0.0131 M♃ (estimated from the radius) |
| Density | 3.5 g/cm³ |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2019 |
| Discovered by | K2 |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 16.01. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 87° N. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1507. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 9.2 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.