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cool red dwarf · M0.0

K2-21

K2-21 is a cool red dwarf 273 light-years from Earth, with a temperature of 4,222 K, 0.68 times the Sun's mass and an age of about 1 billion years. It has 2 known planets.

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Planets
2 
Distance
273 light-years83.6 pc
Star
4,222 K0.65 R☉

About this system

The innermost, K2-21 b, circles it in 9.33 days; the outermost, K2-21 c, in 15.5 days.

Worlds of K2-21

NameTypeSizeA yearTemperature
K2-21 bSuper-Earth 1.8 × Earth9.33 days500 K
K2-21 cSub-Neptune 2.5 × Earth15.5 days420 K