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Anomaly exoplanet 79 EP

K2-223 b

RA 185.3062° · Dec -10.2821° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 7 badges
79 pts · Anomaly
Anomaly 120 pts → Mythic
  • Ultra-hot Jupiter +26
  • Earth-sized +16
  • Ultra-short period +14
  • Orbits a Sun-like star +8
  • Multi-planet system +6
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
  • Blasted by starlight +4
Total score 79

41 more points to reach Mythic.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • Earth-sized · +16
  • Ultra-hot Jupiter · +26
  • Ultra-short period · +14
  • Multi-planet system · +6
  • Blasted by starlight · +4
  • Orbits a Sun-like star · +8

Trivia

What makes it special

  • Earth-sized. Genuinely comparable to Earth in size. Worlds in this narrow band are the ones every next-generation telescope is being pointed at.
  • Ultra-hot Jupiter. So hot that iron vaporises on the dayside, blows around to the night side and rains back down as molten metal.

Hard to believe

  • A year in a day. Its entire year is over in 12.1 hours. Birthdays here would come round faster than meals.

What it actually is

  • Hugging its star. It orbits closer to its star than Mercury does to the Sun, completing a lap in less time than Mercury takes.
  • What it is made of. Its density says rock, though lighter than Earth's mix: probably less iron, or a thick shell of water and ice over the top.
  • Crowded system. One of at least 2 planets orbiting its star.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 11.4 you'll want a small backyard telescope.

Properties

density gcc
4.99
diameter km
11353.018
discovery facility
K2
discovery method
Transit
discovery year
2018
dist ly
647.7589
eq temp k
2271
host star teff
5859
inclination
89.7
insolation
5714.3505
mag
11.443
mass earth
0.64
name
K2-223 b
orbital period days
0.5056
radius earth
0.89
semi major au
0.0127
sys num planets
2
sys num stars
1
tidally locked
yes
tidally locked inferred
yes

About K2-223 b

K2-223 b is an anomaly exoplanet. It lies about 647.8 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 11.44, has an equilibrium temperature near 2,271 K and spans roughly 0.89 Earth radii.

Genuinely comparable to Earth in size. Worlds in this narrow band are the ones every next-generation telescope is being pointed at.

How to see it

At apparent magnitude 11.44, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, K2-223 b is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.

Why K2-223 b is an anomaly exoplanet

K2-223 b scores 79 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the anomaly tier. Another 41 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 7 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Earth-sized, Ultra-hot Jupiter, Ultra-short period, Multi-planet system, Blasted by starlight and Orbits a Sun-like star — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.