K2-241 b

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-241.

Compared with Earth

Size
About 2.6 times Earth's width.
Temperature
About 234 °C (453 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Year
A year here lasts about 27 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
2.55 × Earth
Mass
Unknown
Density
Unknown
Equilibrium temperature
507 K
Starlight received
Unknown
Orbital period
26.82 days
Average distance from its star
0.1567 AU

Star

Host star
K2-241
Spectral class
K — orange dwarf
Surface temperature
5,262 K
Radius
0.75 × Sun
Mass
0.71 × Sun
Age
Unknown

System

Distance from Earth
487.5 light-years (149.5 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.