Temperature
5649 K
5649 to 5681.3
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K2-160
Unclassified star • 315.4 pc
Records
3
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
4
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 349456525
Approximate color
from effective temperature
Canonical Summary
Adopted host values from one source row
Values come from the row with the most populated summary measurements. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Stellar source: Mayo et al. 2018 • System source: TICv8
Mass
0.98 Msun
0.98 to 1.01
Radius
0.91 Rsun
0.88 to 0.91
Distance
315.4 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.91 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
K2-160
0.91 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
K2-160 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2018
Period
3.71 days
Radius
3.18 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
K2-160 b: A Neptune-Like World Orbiting a Star
K2-160 is a star located 1030 light-years away, with a mass of 0.983 solar masses and a radius of 0.914 solar radii. Its temperature is 5650 K. One planet orbits this host.
That planet is K2-160 b, a Neptune-like world discovered in 2018 by the transit method. A transit occurs when a planet passes in front of its star from our viewpoint, causing a small dip in observed brightness; repeated dips help establish orbital periods. K2-160 b completes one orbit every 3.71 days and has a radius of 3.18 Earth radii. As a size class, Neptune-like describes a planet whose radius reaches four times Earth's. The star's reported radius estimate is smaller than the Sun's, and its reported temperature is cooler than the Sun's.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
3
Stellar refs
3
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusdisputed
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitystable