K2-189 b

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-189.

Compared with Earth

Size
About 1.4 times Earth's width.
Temperature
About 930 °C (1,706 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Starlight
About 497 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
Year
A year here lasts about 2.6 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
1.403 × Earth
Mass
Unknown
Density
Unknown
Equilibrium temperature
1,203 K
Starlight received
497 × Earth
Orbital period
2.588 days
Average distance from its star
Unknown

Star

Host star
K2-189
Spectral class
G — sun-like
Surface temperature
5,442 K
Radius
0.879 × Sun
Mass
0.85 × Sun
Age
Unknown

System

Distance from Earth
789.7 light-years (242.1 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.