
K2-138 - System
K2-138, a chain of six sub-Neptunes near resonance, found by citizen scientists. The planets form an even, peas-in-a-pod sequence. The star is a K dwarf, and the chain was found in K2 data.
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K2-138, a chain of six sub-Neptunes near resonance, found by citizen scientists. The planets form an even, peas-in-a-pod sequence. The star is a K dwarf, and the chain was found in K2 data.

K2-139, a Sun-like G-type star of 0.96 solar masses, and K2-139 b, a planet with 9.1 Earth radii, with an orbital period of 28.4 days, at 0.180 AU from its star, and an equilibrium temperature near 524 K.

K2-14, an orange K-type dwarf of 0.47 solar masses, and K2-14 b, a planet with 4.8 Earth radii, with an orbital period of 8.4 days, at 0.063 AU from its star, and an equilibrium temperature near 488 K.

K2-140, a Sun-like G-type star of 0.96 solar masses, and K2-140 b, a 0.93-Jupiter-mass companion, with an orbital period of 6.6 days, at 0.068 AU from its star, and an equilibrium temperature near 962 K.

K2-141 b, a lava world on an ultra-short orbit. The dayside is hot enough for a rock-vapor atmosphere that may rain out as magma. A year on the lava world lasts only about 6.7 hours.

K2-146, a cool M-dwarf of 0.33 solar masses, and K2-146 b, a 5.8-Earth-mass planet, with an orbital period of 2.6 days, on an eccentric orbit (e ≈ 0.13).

K2-147, a cool M-dwarf of 0.56 solar masses, and K2-147 b, a planet with 1.5 Earth radii, with an orbital period of 23.1 hours, at 0.016 AU from its star, and an equilibrium temperature near 1,077 K.

K2-148, an orange K-type dwarf of 0.65 solar masses, and K2-148 b, a planet with 1.3 Earth radii, with an orbital period of 4.4 days, at 0.045 AU from its star.

K2-149, a cool M-dwarf of 0.59 solar masses, and K2-149 b, a planet with 1.6 Earth radii, with an orbital period of 11.3 days, at 0.083 AU from its star.

K2-15, an orange K-type dwarf of 0.72 solar masses, and K2-15 b, a planet with 2.5 Earth radii, with an orbital period of 11.8 days, at 0.091 AU from its star, and an equilibrium temperature near 676 K.

K2-150, a cool M-dwarf of 0.46 solar masses, and K2-150 b, a planet with 2.0 Earth radii, with an orbital period of 10.6 days, at 0.073 AU from its star.

K2-151, a cool M-dwarf of 0.47 solar masses, and K2-151 b, a planet with 1.5 Earth radii, with an orbital period of 3.8 days, at 0.037 AU from its star, and an equilibrium temperature near 566 K.

K2-152, an orange K-type dwarf of 0.63 solar masses, and K2-152 b, a planet with 2.3 Earth radii, with an orbital period of 32.6 days, at 0.172 AU from its star, and an equilibrium temperature near 337 K.

K2-153, an orange K-type dwarf of 0.55 solar masses, and K2-153 b, a planet with 2.0 Earth radii, with an orbital period of 7.5 days, at 0.061 AU from its star, and an equilibrium temperature near 497 K.

K2-154, an orange K-type dwarf of 0.65 solar masses, and K2-154 b, a planet with 2.0 Earth radii, with an orbital period of 3.7 days, at 0.041 AU from its star, and an equilibrium temperature near 715 K.

K2-155, an orange K-type dwarf of 0.65 solar masses, and K2-155 b, a planet with 1.8 Earth radii, with an orbital period of 6.3 days, at 0.056 AU from its star, and an equilibrium temperature near 708 K.

K2-156, an orange K-type dwarf of 0.66 solar masses, and K2-156 b, a planet with 1.1 Earth radii, with an orbital period of 19.5 hours.

K2-157, a Sun-like G-type star of 0.89 solar masses, and K2-157 b, a 1.1-Earth-mass planet, with an orbital period of 8.8 hours, at 0.010 AU from its star, and an equilibrium temperature near 2,432 K.