K2-214 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-214.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 2.5 times Earth's width.
- Temperature
- About 728 °C (1,342 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 238 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 8.6 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 2.51 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,001 K
- Starlight received
- 238 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 8.597 days
- Average distance from its star
- Unknown
Star
- Host star
- K2-214
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,875 K
- Radius
- 1.236 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.03 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 980.6 light-years (300.6 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.