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title: "The LkCa 15 system"
url: "https://spacecatalog.org/system/lkca-15"
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 LkCa 15 system

LkCa 15 is a star in Taurus, 515.8 ly away, with 2 known planets. Their orbits run from 15 to 19 AU. All of them were detected by imaging.

## The planets, innermost first

| Planet | Orbit (AU) | Period | Radius | Mass | Equilibrium T |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [b](https://spacecatalog.org/object/lkca-15-b) | 15 | — | — | — | 67 K |
| [c](https://spacecatalog.org/object/lkca-15-c) | 19 | — | — | — | 59 K |

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 |
| --- | --- |
| RADIUS | 1.60711 R☉ |
| SURFACE TEMPERATURE | 4194 K |
| LUMINOSITY | 0.72 L☉ |
| DISTANCE FROM EARTH | 515.8 ly |
| APPARENT MAGNITUDE | 12.03 |
| CONSTELLATION | Taurus |
| STARS IN SYSTEM | 1 |

The star itself: https://spacecatalog.org/object/lkca-15

The page itself, with the orbits drawn: https://spacecatalog.org/system/lkca-15