Poking the Beehive From Space: K2 Rotation Periods For Praesepe

Stephanie T. Douglas, Marcel A. Agüeros, Kevin R. Covey +1

We analyze {\it K2} light curves for 794 low-mass ($1>M_{\ast }>0.1$ $M_{\odot }$) members of the $\approx$650-Myr-old open cluster Praesepe, and measure rotation periods ($P_{rot}$)…