---
title: "EPIC 206042996 c"
url: "https://spacecatalog.org/object/epic-206042996-c"
release: "DR1"
licence: "No licence stated; acknowledgement requested"
citation: "SpaceCatalog. EPIC 206042996 c [catalogue entry]. Data release DR1 (2026-08-21). https://spacecatalog.org/object/epic-206042996-c"
---

# EPIC 206042996 c

EPIC 206042996 c is a terrestrial [planet](https://spacecatalog.org/planets) in the constellation [Aquarius](https://spacecatalog.org/constellation/aquarius), 1473 ly from Earth. It has a mass of 1.87 M⊕ and a radius of 1.20 R⊕ · 7654 km. It was discovered in 2021.

## At a glance

- **WHAT IT IS:** Terrestrial planet
- **HOW FAR:** 1473 ly — The light arriving now left it that long ago.
- **HOW BIG:** 1.20 R⊕ · 7654 km — Its radius: half the width across.
- **WHERE TO LOOK:** [Aquarius](https://spacecatalog.org/constellation/aquarius) — The patch of sky it sits in, as seen from Earth.
- **ONE ORBIT TAKES:** 8.5 h — One trip round EPIC 206042996.

## Properties

| Quantity | Value |
| --- | --- |
| CLASS | Terrestrial planet |
| MASS | 1.87 M⊕ |
| RADIUS | 1.20 R⊕ · 7654 km +1276 / −638 |
| DISTANCE FROM EARTH | 1473 ly +46 / −43 — by NASA Exoplanet Archive sy\_dist (TICv8, 2019AJ....158..138S) |
| ORBITS | EPIC 206042996 |
| CONSTELLATION | Aquarius |
| RIGHT ASCENSION (J2000) | 22h 30m 03.3s |
| DECLINATION (J2000) | −13° 36′ 36.5″ |
| DISCOVERED | 2021 |

## Catalogue data

### WHAT KIND OF THING IT IS

What the object is in itself, rather than how it happens to look from here.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Host star temperature | 4114 ±99 K |
| Host star mass | 0.565 ±0.053 M☉ |
| Host star radius | 0.5 R☉ |

### HOW BRIGHT IT IS

What the light adds up to, measured through one filter at a time. A magnitude is a brightness on a backwards scale — the smaller the number, the brighter the object.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Host star apparent magnitude (V) | 16.59 |

### THE ORBIT

The shape of the path, where the object sits on it, and the instant those figures were true of. An orbit is a fit to observations and drifts away from the real one either side of its epoch.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Host star | EPIC 206042996 |
| Orbital period | 0.354884 days ±6.3×10⁻⁵ |
| Inclination | 89.9 +20 / −10° |
| Transit midpoint | 2457007.0683 BJD |
| Stars in system | 1 |
| Planets in system | 2 |

### WHEN IT WAS FOUND

Who first saw it, from where, and by what method.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovered at | K2 |

## Also known as

- Exoplanet: EPIC 206042996 c
- Host star: EPIC 206042996

## Source

[NASA Exoplanet Archive (Planetary Systems Composite Parameters)](https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/TblView/nph-tblView?app=ExoTbls&config=PSCompPars) — No licence stated; acknowledgement requested

The producer asks: This research has made use of the NASA Exoplanet Archive, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the Exoplanet Exploration Program. Cite Christiansen et al. (2025), Planetary Science Journal (doi:10.3847/PSJ/ade3c2), and the literature reference given with each value.

How this was made: https://spacecatalog.org/methods#source-exoplanet-archive

## Cite this page

SpaceCatalog. EPIC 206042996 c \[catalogue entry\]. Data release DR1 (2026-08-21). https://spacecatalog.org/object/epic-206042996-c

```bibtex
@misc{spacecatalog_epic-206042996-c,
  author       = {{SpaceCatalog}},
  title        = {{EPIC 206042996 c}},
  howpublished = {SpaceCatalog, data release DR1 (2026-08-21)},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://spacecatalog.org/object/epic-206042996-c},
  note         = {Catalogue entry, data release DR1 (2026-08-21). Values from NASA Exoplanet Archive (Planetary Systems Composite Parameters).}
}
```

NASA Exoplanet Archive (Planetary Systems Composite Parameters) — No licence stated; acknowledgement requested

Acknowledgement the producer asks for: This research has made use of the NASA Exoplanet Archive, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the Exoplanet Exploration Program. Cite Christiansen et al. (2025), Planetary Science Journal (doi:10.3847/PSJ/ade3c2), and the literature reference given with each value.

The page itself, with its pictures, the sky map and the observing tools: https://spacecatalog.org/object/epic-206042996-c