K2-253 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-253.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 13 times Earth's width.
- Temperature
- About 965 °C (1,769 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 4 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 12.67 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,238 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 4.002 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0506 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-253
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,027 K
- Radius
- 1.1 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.08 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 2,859 light-years (876.6 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.