EPIC 246851721 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting EPIC 246851721.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 12 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 953 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,128 °C (2,062 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 642 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 6.2 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 11.78 × Earth
- Mass
- 953.5 × Earth
- Density
- 3.1 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,401 K
- Starlight received
- 642 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 6.18 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.07229 AU
Star
- Host star
- EPIC 246851721
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,202 K
- Radius
- 1.586 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.317 × Sun
- Age
- 3.02 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,215 light-years (372.6 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2018
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- K2
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.