K2-180 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-180.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 2.5 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 11 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 524 °C (976 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 8.9 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 2.466 × Earth
- Mass
- 11.41 × Earth
- Density
- 4.16 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 797.5 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 8.866 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0756 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-180
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,365 K
- Radius
- 0.719 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.735 × Sun
- Age
- 7.5 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 665 light-years (203.9 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.