Temperature
5152 K
5000.4 to 5152
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Stellar HostProfile
K2-252
Unclassified star • 228.8 pc
Records
3
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
4
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 152868838
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: Livingston et al. 2018 • System source: TICv8
Mass
0.79 Msun
0.79 to 0.83
Radius
0.82 Rsun
0.82 to 0.83
Distance
228.8 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.82 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
K2-252
0.82 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
K2-252 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2018
Period
13.82 days
Radius
1.74 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
639 K
K2-252 b: A Super-Earth in a Close Orbit
K2-252 is a star located 746 light-years away. It has 0.79 solar masses, 0.82 solar radii, and a temperature of 5150 K. Its mass and radius are smaller than the Sun's, and it is cooler than the Sun. One planet is known to orbit this star.
That planet, K2-252 b, is classified as a Super-Earth and was discovered in 2018 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. Repeated dips help establish orbital periods. K2-252 b completes one orbit every 13.8 days. Its radius is 1.74 Earth radii, which is larger than Earth's.
A Super-Earth's size class reaches 2.5 times Earth's radius, and radius comparisons describe size rather than composition.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
3
Stellar refs
3
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusdisputed
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitystable