K2-72
Sign in to saveK2-72 (also designated EPIC 206209135) is a cool red dwarf star of spectral class M2V located about away from the Earth in the constellation of Aquarius. It is known to host four planets, all similar in size to Earth, with one of them residing within the habitable zone.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- LM*
- Spectral type
- M2V
- Distance
- 217 light-years
- Redshift
- z = -0.00013213035214920676
- Coordinates
- RA 334.6219° · Dec -9.6123°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
Wikidata facts
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Distance from Earth
- 66.513
- Radius
- 0.33
- Mass
- 0.27
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- effective temperature
- 3360.47
- parallax
- 15.0346
- apparent magnitude
- 14.257562
- radial velocity
- -39.6143
- epoch
- J2000.0
- catalog code
- EPIC 206209135
- spectral class
- M2V
- surface gravity
- 151080
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 195.834
- declination component of proper motion
- 74.259
- right ascension
- 334.62189522828
- declination
- -9.61232808001
- stellar rotational velocity
- 6.071
- metallicity
- -0.738
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- Nomenclature and history
- Stellar characteristics
- Planetary system
- References
K2-72 (also designated EPIC 206209135) is a cool red dwarf star of spectral class M2V located about away from the Earth in the constellation of Aquarius. It is known to host four planets, all similar in size to Earth, with one of them residing within the habitable zone.
==Nomenclature and history== K2-72 also has the 2MASS catalogue number J22182923-0936444. Its EPIC (Ecliptic Plane Input Catalog) number is 206209135.
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