Exoplanet · super-Earth
EPIC 212499991 b
EPIC 212499991 b is a super-Earth orbiting the star EPIC 212499991. Its year lasts 34.9 Earth days. It was discovered in 2019 by the Transit method.
| Host star | EPIC 212499991 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 924.0 light-years (283.3 pc) |
| Orbital period | 34.9 days |
| Radius | 1.6 R⊕ · 0.143 R♃ |
| Mass | 3.19 M⊕ · 0.01 M♃ (estimated from the radius) |
| Density | 4.28 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 13.67. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 77° N. South of latitude 77° 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 1102. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 16 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.