K2-181 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-181.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 2.7 times Earth's width.
- Temperature
- About 676 °C (1,249 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 192 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 6.9 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 2.69 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 949 K
- Starlight received
- 192 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 6.894 days
- Average distance from its star
- Unknown
Star
- Host star
- K2-181
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,528 K
- Radius
- 1.06 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.96 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,177 light-years (360.9 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.