Exoplanet · mini-Neptune
EPIC 229004835 b
EPIC 229004835 b is a mini-Neptune orbiting the star EPIC 229004835. Its year lasts 16.1 Earth days. It was discovered in 2023 by the Transit method.
| Host star | EPIC 229004835 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 397.8 light-years (122.0 pc) |
| Orbital period | 16.1 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.124 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.230 |
| Radius | 2.33 R⊕ · 0.208 R♃ |
| Mass | 10.4 M⊕ · 0.0327 M♃ |
| Density | 4.49 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 1.91 × Earth |
| Equilibrium temperature | 804 K (531 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 69.7 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2023 |
| Discovered by | K2 |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 69.7 times the light the Earth does, too hot to keep liquid water on its surface.
Its star in the sky
In the planet's sky its star is a disc 4.3° across: 8.1 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.29. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 89° N. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1628. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.1 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.