EPIC 249893012 c

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting EPIC 249893012.

Compared with Earth

Size
About 3.7 times Earth's width.
Mass
About 15 times Earth's mass.
Temperature
About 717 °C (1,322 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Starlight
About 160 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
Year
A year here lasts about 16 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
3.67 × Earth
Mass
14.67 × Earth
Density
1.62 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature
990 K
Starlight received
160 × Earth
Orbital period
15.62 days
Average distance from its star
0.13 AU

Star

Host star
EPIC 249893012
Spectral class
G — sun-like
Surface temperature
5,430 K
Radius
1.71 × Sun
Mass
1.05 × Sun
Age
9 billion years

System

Distance from Earth
1,048 light-years (321.3 parsecs)
Stars in system
1
Known planets
3

Discovery

Year
2020
Method
Transit
Facility
K2

Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.