K2-197 b

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-197.

Compared with Earth

Size
About 2.6 times Earth's width.
Temperature
About 575 °C (1,067 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Year
A year here lasts about 8.4 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
2.56 × Earth
Mass
Unknown
Density
Unknown
Equilibrium temperature
848 K
Starlight received
Unknown
Orbital period
8.358 days
Average distance from its star
0.0806 AU

Star

Host star
K2-197
Spectral class
G — sun-like
Surface temperature
5,667 K
Radius
0.93 × Sun
Mass
1 × Sun
Age
Unknown

System

Distance from Earth
807.7 light-years (247.6 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.