Temperature
4801 K
4678 to 4801
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K2-346
Unclassified star • 105.6 pc
Records
6
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
7
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 14570099
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: de Leon et al. 2021 • System source: TICv8
Mass
0.71 Msun
0.71 to 0.75
Radius
0.70 Rsun
0.66 to 0.71
Distance
105.6 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.70 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
K2-346
0.70 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
K2-346 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2021
Period
26.20 days
Radius
2.26 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
450 K
K2-346 b: A Super-Earth Orbiting a Cool, Small Star
K2-346 is a star located 344 light-years away, and it hosts one known planet. The star has a reported mass of 0.71 solar masses, a radius of 0.7 solar radii, and a temperature of 4800 K.
The planet K2-346 b is classified as a Super-Earth. It was discovered in 2021 by the transit method, in which a planet passes in front of its star from our viewpoint and causes a small dip in observed brightness. K2-346 b orbits its star every 26.2 days and has a radius of 2.26 Earth radii.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
6
Stellar refs
6
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusdisputed
Luminositystable
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitystable
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4801 | 0.71 | 0.70 | — | — | — | 105.6 | de Leon et al. 2021 | TICv8 |
| — | — | 0.66 | — | — | — | 105.6 | Kruse et al. 2019 | TICv8 |
| 4678 | — | 0.71 | — | — | — | 105.6 | ExoFOP | TICv8 |
| 4678 | 0.75 | 0.71 | — | -0.66 | — | 105.6 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 4789 | — | 0.69 | — | — | — | 105.6 | Mayo et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 105.6 | Pope et al. 2016 | TICv8 |