Exoplanet · mini-Neptune
K2-412 b
K2-412 b is a mini-Neptune orbiting the star K2-412. Its year lasts 5.94 Earth days. It was discovered in 2022 by the Transit method.
| Host star | K2-412 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 2,133 light-years (654.1 pc) |
| Orbital period | 5.94 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.0586 AU |
| Radius | 2.12 R⊕ · 0.189 R♃ |
| Mass | 5.13 M⊕ · 0.0161 M♃ (estimated from the radius) |
| Density | 2.98 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 1,101 K (827 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 244 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2022 |
| Discovered by | K2 |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 244 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 8.9° across: 17 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.75. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 68° S. North of latitude 68° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around 108 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 38 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.