K2-242 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-242.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 2.5 times Earth's width.
- Temperature
- About 143 °C (289 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 6.5 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 2.54 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 416 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 6.514 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0494 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-242
- Spectral class
- M — red dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 3,459 K
- Radius
- 0.37 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.38 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 356.3 light-years (109.2 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.