K2-188 c

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-188.

Compared with Earth

Size
About 2.8 times Earth's width.
Temperature
About 753 °C (1,387 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Year
A year here lasts about 7.8 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
2.83 × Earth
Mass
Unknown
Density
Unknown
Equilibrium temperature
1,026 K
Starlight received
Unknown
Orbital period
7.81 days
Average distance from its star
0.0785 AU

Star

Host star
K2-188
Spectral class
G — sun-like
Surface temperature
5,977 K
Radius
1.19 × Sun
Mass
1.06 × Sun
Age
Unknown

System

Distance from Earth
1,457 light-years (446.8 parsecs)
Stars in system
1
Known planets
2

Discovery

Year
2018
Method
Transit
Facility
K2

Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.