Exoplanet · super-Earth
EPIC 212587672 b
EPIC 212587672 b is a super-Earth orbiting the star EPIC 212587672. Its year lasts 15.3 Earth days. It was discovered in 2019 by the Transit method.
| Host star | EPIC 212587672 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,044 light-years (320.1 pc) |
| Orbital period | 15.3 days |
| Radius | 1.26 R⊕ · 0.112 R♃ |
| Mass | 2.13 M⊕ · 0.0067 M♃ (estimated from the radius) |
| Density | 5.85 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 756 K (483 °C) |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2019 |
| Discovered by | K2 |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.51. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 79° N. South of latitude 79° 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 982. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 19 million years.
Planets in the same system
- EPIC 212587672 c 23.2-day orbit · 2.32 R⊕
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.