Exoplanet · gas giant
K2-127 b
K2-127 b is a gas giant orbiting the star K2-127. Its year lasts 3.59 Earth days. It was discovered in 2017 by the Transit method.
| Host star | K2-127 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 2,316 light-years (710.0 pc) |
| Orbital period | 3.59 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.0411 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Radius | 8.37 R⊕ · 0.747 R♃ |
| Mass | 52.9 M⊕ · 0.166 M♃ (estimated from the radius) |
| Density | 0.496 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 809 K (536 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 106 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2017 |
| Discovered by | K2 |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 106 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 8.5° across: 16 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.04. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 78° N. South of latitude 78° 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 291 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 41 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.