K2-157 c
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-157.
Compared with Earth
- Mass
- About 31 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 314 °C (597 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 23 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 26 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- 30.8 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 587 K
- Starlight received
- 22.65 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 25.94 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.165 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-157
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,334 K
- Radius
- 0.86 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.89 × Sun
- Age
- 8.8 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 973.2 light-years (298.4 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 3
Discovery
- Year
- 2025
- Method
- Radial Velocity
- Facility
- Paranal Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.