K2-226 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-226.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 1.5 times Earth's width.
- Temperature
- About 914 °C (1,677 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3.3 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 1.539 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,187 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.271 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.04095 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-226
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 5,288 K
- Radius
- 0.889 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.856 × Sun
- Age
- 9.6 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 689.1 light-years (211.3 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.