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Uncommon exoplanet 33 EP

EPIC 206317286 b

RA 337.6178° · Dec -7.9725° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
33 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Earth-sized +16
  • Distant (over 1,000 light-years) +6
  • Multi-planet system +6
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
Total score 33

1 more point to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • Distant (over 1,000 light-years) · +6
  • Earth-sized · +16
  • Multi-planet system · +6

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.

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 14 it is far too faint for the eye: this one belongs to cameras and long exposures.
  • Seen from everywhere. It sits almost on the celestial equator, so it can be seen from essentially anywhere on Earth.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around August — that's when to go looking.

Properties

density gcc
5.22
diameter km
12245.952
discovery facility
K2
discovery method
Transit
discovery year
2019
dist ly
1025.2714
host star teff
4752
mag
14.005
mass earth
0.84
name
EPIC 206317286 b
orbital period days
1.5825
radius earth
0.96
sys num planets
2
sys num stars
1

Nearby objects

About EPIC 206317286 b

EPIC 206317286 b is an uncommon exoplanet. It lies about 1,025.3 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 14.01, spans roughly 0.96 Earth radii and weighs about 0.84 Earth masses.

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 14.01, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, EPIC 206317286 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 EPIC 206317286 b is an uncommon exoplanet

EPIC 206317286 b scores 33 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Earth-sized and Multi-planet system — 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.