K2-24 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-24.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 5.6 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 21 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 459 °C (858 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 21 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 5.638 × Earth
- Mass
- 20.6 × Earth
- Density
- 0.632 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 732 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 20.89 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.1673 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-24
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,726 K
- Radius
- 1.185 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.091 × Sun
- Age
- 4.9 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 556.3 light-years (170.6 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 2
Discovery
- Year
- 2016
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- K2
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.