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title: "The K2-16 system"
url: "https://spacecatalog.org/system/k2-16"
release: "DR1"
licence: "No licence stated; acknowledgement requested"
citation: "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."
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# The K2-16 system

K2-16 is a K3 V orange star in Virgo, 1093 ly away, with 3 known planets. Their orbits run from 0.0667 to 0.123 AU. All of them were detected by transit.

## The planets, innermost first

| Planet | Orbit (AU) | Period | Radius | Mass | Equilibrium T |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [b](https://spacecatalog.org/object/k2-16-b) | 0.0667 | 7.619 d | 2.02 R⊕ | 4.74 M⊕ | 658 K |
| [c](https://spacecatalog.org/object/k2-16-c) | 0.123 | 19.08 d | 2.54 R⊕ | 6.99 M⊕ | 485 K |
| [EPIC 201754305 d](https://spacecatalog.org/object/epic-201754305-d) | — | 2.716 d | 1.03 R⊕ | 1.08 M⊕ | — |

1 with no published orbit, sorted last.

Every figure is the planet's composite parameter from the [NASA Exoplanet Archive (Planetary Systems Composite Parameters)](https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/TblView/nph-tblView?app=ExoTbls&config=PSCompPars), one consistent set per world. Semi-major axes are orbits about the star, not distances from Earth.

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 host star

| Quantity | Value |
| --- | --- |
| CLASS | K3 V orange star |
| SPECTRAL TYPE | K3 V |
| MASS | 0.68 M☉ |
| RADIUS | 0.66 R☉ |
| SURFACE TEMPERATURE | 4742 K |
| LUMINOSITY | 0.198 L☉ |
| DISTANCE FROM EARTH | 1093 ly |
| APPARENT MAGNITUDE | 14.67 |
| CONSTELLATION | Virgo |
| STARS IN SYSTEM | 1 |

The star itself: https://spacecatalog.org/object/k2-16

The page itself, with the orbits drawn: https://spacecatalog.org/system/k2-16