Exoplanet · super-Earth
EPIC 201427007 b
EPIC 201427007 b is a super-Earth orbiting the star EPIC 201427007. Its year lasts 0.721 Earth days. It was discovered in 2021 by the Transit method.
| Host star | EPIC 201427007 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 2,304 light-years (706.4 pc) |
| Orbital period | 17.3 hours |
| Radius | 1.5 R⊕ · 0.134 R♃ |
| Mass | 2.86 M⊕ · 0.009 M♃ (estimated from the radius) |
| Density | 4.66 g/cm³ |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2021 |
| Discovered by | K2 |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 14.32. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 89° 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 279 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 41 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.