K2-122 b

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-122.

Compared with Earth

Size
About 1.2 times Earth's width.
Temperature
About 496 °C (925 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Year
A year here lasts about 2.2 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
1.16 × Earth
Mass
Unknown
Density
Unknown
Equilibrium temperature
769 K
Starlight received
Unknown
Orbital period
2.219 days
Average distance from its star
0.0373 AU

Star

Host star
K2-122
Spectral class
K — orange dwarf
Surface temperature
4,009 K
Radius
0.59 × Sun
Mass
0.63 × Sun
Age
Unknown

System

Distance from Earth
235 light-years (72.04 parsecs)
Stars in system
2
Known planets
1

Discovery

Year
2017
Method
Transit
Facility
K2

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