Exoplanet · mini-Neptune
EPIC 212424622 b
EPIC 212424622 b is a mini-Neptune orbiting the star EPIC 212424622. Its year lasts 18.1 Earth days. It was discovered in 2019 by the Transit method.
| Host star | EPIC 212424622 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,995 light-years (611.8 pc) |
| Orbital period | 18.1 days |
| Radius | 2.17 R⊕ · 0.194 R♃ |
| Mass | 5.35 M⊕ · 0.0168 M♃ (estimated from the radius) |
| Density | 2.88 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 13.44. 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 April, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 31. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 35 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.