Exoplanet · Neptune-like planet
K2-360 c
K2-360 c is a Neptune-like planet orbiting the star EPIC 201595106. Its year lasts 9.8 Earth days. It was discovered in 2024 by the Radial Velocity method.
| Host star | EPIC 201595106 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 757.0 light-years (232.1 pc) |
| Orbital period | 9.8 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.0883 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Radius | 4.02 R⊕ · 0.359 R♃ |
| Mass (minimum) | 15.2 M⊕ · 0.0479 M♃ |
| Density | 1.29 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 912 K (639 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 115 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery year | 2024 |
| Discovered by | Multiple Observatories |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 115 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 5.9° across: 11 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.75. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 88° S. 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 1269. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 13 million years.
Planets in the same system
- EPIC 201595106 b 0.877-day orbit · 1.57 R⊕
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.