K2-182 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-182.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 2.7 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 21 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 693 °C (1,279 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 4.7 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 2.713 × Earth
- Mass
- 20.98 × Earth
- Density
- 5.7 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 965.8 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 4.737 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.05174 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-182
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 5,128 K
- Radius
- 0.789 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.823 × Sun
- Age
- 6.2 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 505 light-years (154.8 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.