Exoplanet · gas giant
XO-2 S c
XO-2 S c is a gas giant orbiting the star XO-2 S. Its year lasts 120 Earth days. It was discovered in 2014 by the Radial Velocity method.
| Host star | XO-2 S |
|---|---|
| Distance | 493.8 light-years (151.4 pc) |
| Orbital period | 120 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.474 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Radius | 13.6 R⊕ · 1.21 R♃ |
| Mass (minimum) | 439 M⊕ · 1.38 M♃ |
| Density | 0.958 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 377 K (104 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 3.36 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery year | 2014 |
| Discovered by | Roque de los Muchachos Observatory |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 3.36 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 1.1° across: 2.2 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.29. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 40° S. North of latitude 40° 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 1532. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.8 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.