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LkCa 15 b | Exoplanets | Apex Andromeda | Apex Andromeda

Planets/Exoplanets/LkCa 15 b

Confirmed exoplanet · Super Earth

LkCa 15 b

Orbiting LkCa 15

Discovered in 2015 using Imaging. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

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Discovery: 2,015
Method: Imaging
Radius: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Mass: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Orbit: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Distance: 158.152 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Semi-major axis: 14.7 AU
Eccentricity: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Radius: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Mass: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Mass provenance: Msini
Density: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Equilibrium temperature: 66.87 K
Insolation: 0.003 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: LkCa 15
Stars in system: 1
Known planets in system: 2
Spectral type: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Stellar temperature: 4,194 K
Stellar radius: 1.60711 R☉
Stellar mass: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Stellar metallicity: 0.26 dex
Stellar age: 0.001 Gyr
Distance: 158.152 parsecs
Right ascension: 04h39m17.80s
Declination: +22d21m03.12s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Imaging
Discovery year: 2,015
Publication date: 2015-11
Discovery locale: Ground
Facility: Large Binocular Telescope Observatory
Telescope: Large Binocular Telescope
Instrument: LMIRCam
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

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