K-type star · orange dwarf
K2-117
3778 K
temperature
0.51 R☉
radius
0.54 M☉
mass
0.044 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 331 ly away
At light speed, about 331 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
0.51×
the Sun's width
0.54×
the Sun's mass
0.04×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →K2-117 bSub-Neptune · ESI 0.282.03 R⊕ · 1.3 days year
- Explore →K2-117 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.452.06 R⊕ · 5.4 days year
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Zoom out: system → (soon) galaxy arm, and the host black hole at the galaxy's heart.
Can you see it tonight?
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Brightness mag 14.6To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from K2-117's temperature, not a photograph.