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K2-72

K2-72 (also designated EPIC 206209135) is a cool red dwarf star of spectral class M2V located about away from the Earth in the constellation of Aquarius. It is known to host four planets, all similar in size to Earth, with one of them residing within the habitable zone.

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It sits within the topics Aquarius (constellation), M-type main-sequence stars and Planetary systems with four confirmed planets.

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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: LM*
Spectral type: M2V
Distance: 217 light-years
Redshift: z = -0.00013213035214920676
Coordinates: RA 334.6219° · Dec -9.6123°

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Wikidata facts

Constellation: Aquarius
Distance from Earth: 66.513
Radius: 0.33
Mass: 0.27

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effective temperature: 3360.47
parallax: 15.0346
apparent magnitude: 14.257562
radial velocity: -39.6143
epoch: J2000.0
catalog code: EPIC 206209135
spectral class: M2V
surface gravity: 151080
right ascension component of proper motion: 195.834
declination component of proper motion: 74.259
right ascension: 334.62189522828
declination: -9.61232808001
stellar rotational velocity: 6.071
metallicity: -0.738

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Nomenclature and history
Stellar characteristics
Planetary system
References

==Nomenclature and history== K2-72 also has the 2MASS catalogue number J22182923-0936444. Its EPIC (Ecliptic Plane Input Catalog) number is 206209135.

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