K2-104 b

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-104.

Compared with Earth

Size
About 1.8 times Earth's width.
Temperature
About 525 °C (977 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Year
A year here lasts about 2 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
1.79 × Earth
Mass
Unknown
Density
Unknown
Equilibrium temperature
798 K
Starlight received
Unknown
Orbital period
1.974 days
Average distance from its star
0.0242 AU

Star

Host star
K2-104
Spectral class
M — red dwarf
Surface temperature
3,712 K
Radius
0.48 × Sun
Mass
0.51 × Sun
Age
Unknown

System

Distance from Earth
617.4 light-years (189.3 parsecs)
Stars in system
1
Known planets
1

Discovery

Year
2016
Method
Transit
Facility
K2

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