Exoplanet · super-Earth
EPIC 220554210 c
EPIC 220554210 c is a super-Earth orbiting the star K2-282. Its year lasts 0.705 Earth days. It was discovered in 2019 by the Transit method.
| Host star | K2-282 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,619 light-years (496.3 pc) |
| Orbital period | 16.9 hours |
| 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 14.21. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 82° S. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 407. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 29 million years.
Planets in the same system
- K2-282 b 4.17-day orbit · 2.5 R⊕
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.