K2-13 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-13.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 1.9 times Earth's width.
- Temperature
- About 238 °C (460 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 40 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 1.89 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 511 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 39.91 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.2114 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-13
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,698 K
- Radius
- 0.78 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.8 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,117 light-years (342.4 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2015
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- K2
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.