K2-116 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-116.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 69% of Earth's width.
- Starlight
- About 79 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 4.7 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 0.69 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- 78.6 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 4.655 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.048 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-116
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,348 K
- Radius
- 0.6694 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.6945 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 161.1 light-years (49.39 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2017
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- K2
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.