Exoplanet · super-Earth
EPIC 206042996 b
EPIC 206042996 b is a super-Earth orbiting the star EPIC 206042996. Its year lasts 5.3 Earth days. It was discovered in 2019 by the Transit method.
| Host star | EPIC 206042996 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,473 light-years (451.8 pc) |
| Orbital period | 5.3 days |
| Radius | 1.7 R⊕ · 0.152 R♃ |
| Mass | 3.53 M⊕ · 0.0111 M♃ (estimated from the radius) |
| Density | 3.95 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 16.59. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 76° N. South of latitude 76° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in August, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 553. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 26 million years.
Planets in the same system
- EPIC 206042996 c 0.355-day orbit · 1.2 R⊕
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.