Temperature
4589 K
4194 to 4589
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LkCa 15
Unclassified star âĸ 158.2 pc
Records
3
literature rows
Planets
2
system count
References
4
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 118681038
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: Swastik et al. 2021 âĸ System source: TICv8
Age
1.00e-3 Gyr
single adopted value
Distance
158.2 pc
single adopted value
Planets
2
Stable across source rows
System Layout
Known planets
2 planets linked to this host
LkCa 15 and Its Two Imaged Planets
LkCa 15 is a very young star located 516 light-years from Earth. Its age is 0.001 billion years, and its temperature is 4590 K. The star has one cataloged stellar companion, and two planets are known to orbit it.
Both planets, LkCa 15 b and LkCa 15 c, were discovered by imaging in 2015. No orbital period is reported for LkCa 15 b. No orbital period is reported for LkCa 15 c.
The star's 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
Radiusdisputed
Agestable
Luminositystable
Surface Gravitystable
Metallicitystable