Exoplanet · Earth-sized rocky planet
K2-187 b
K2-187 b is a Earth-sized rocky planet orbiting the star K2-187. Its year lasts 0.774 Earth days. It was discovered in 2018 by the Transit method.
| Host star | K2-187 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,079 light-years (330.9 pc) |
| Orbital period | 18.6 hours |
| Orbital radius | 0.0164 AU |
| Radius | 1.2 R⊕ · 0.107 R♃ |
| Mass | 1.87 M⊕ · 0.00588 M♃ (estimated from the radius) |
| Density | 5.95 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 1,815 K (1,542 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 2,370 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2018 |
| Discovered by | K2 |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 2,370 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 26° across: 50 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.10. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 67° S. North of latitude 67° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 947. 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
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.