K2-225 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-225.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 3.6 times Earth's width.
- Temperature
- About 650 °C (1,202 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 16 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 3.609 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 923 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 15.87 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.1409 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-225
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,520 K
- Radius
- 1.7 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.482 × Sun
- Age
- 0.0121 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,167 light-years (357.8 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.