K2-58
Sign in to saveK2-58 (also designated as EPIC 206026904) is a G-type main-sequence star in the constellation of Aquarius, approximately 596 light-years from the Solar System. The star is metal-rich, having 155% of the Solar abundance of elements heavier than helium. The star is located in a region where a hypothetical observer in the K2-58 system can see Venus transiting the Sun.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- *
- Distance
- 594 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.00002164854410802164
- Coordinates
- RA 333.8218° · Dec -14.0498°
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Wikidata facts
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Distance from Earth
- 182.692
- Radius
- 0.86
- Mass
- 0.89
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- radial velocity
- 2
- surface gravity
- 31600
- apparent magnitude
- 12.128002
- effective temperature
- 5413
- catalog code
- EPIC 206026904
- metallicity
- 0.28
- epoch
- J2000.0
- parallax
- 5.4932
- luminosity
- 0.38702497
- declination component of proper motion
- -11.111
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 4.679
- declination
- -14.04980917506
- right ascension
- 333.82181875585997
- stellar rotational velocity
- 2.2
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K2-58 (also designated as EPIC 206026904) is a G-type main-sequence star in the constellation of Aquarius, approximately 596 light-years from the Solar System. The star is metal-rich, having 155% of the Solar abundance of elements heavier than helium. The star is located in a region where a hypothetical observer in the K2-58 system can see Venus transiting the Sun.
==Planetary system== The planetary system has three confirmed exoplanets, named K2-58 b, K2-58 c, and K2-58 d, discovered in 2016.
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