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K2-58 (also designated as EPIC 206026904) is a G-type main-sequence star in the constellation of Aquarius, approximately 596 light-years from the Solar System. The star is metal-rich, having 155% of the Solar abundance of elements heavier than helium.[1] The star is located in a region where a hypothetical observer in the K2-58 system can see Venus transiting the Sun.[2]
The planetary system has three confirmed exoplanets, named K2-58 b, K2-58 c, and K2-58 d,[3][4][5] discovered in 2016.[6]
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c | — | 0.0350 | 2.53726 | — | 86.1+2.8−7.3° | 1.62 R⊕ |
| b | — | 0.0692 | 7.05254 | — | 88.9+0.8−1.6° | 2.68 R⊕ |
| d | — | 0.1517 | 22.8827 | — | 89.43+0.41−0.81° | 1.71 R⊕ |
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