K2-161 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-161.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 6.1 times Earth's width.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 9.3 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 6.117 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 9.283 days
- Average distance from its star
- Unknown
Star
- Host star
- K2-161
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,972 K
- Radius
- 2.568 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.9869 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 2,989 light-years (916.3 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2018
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- K2
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.