K2-26 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-26.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 2.7 times Earth's width.
- Temperature
- About 157 °C (314 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 5.8 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 15 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 2.67 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 430 K
- Starlight received
- 5.8 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 14.57 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0962 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-26
- Spectral class
- M — red dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 3,785 K
- Radius
- 0.52 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.56 × Sun
- Age
- 1 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 323.1 light-years (99.05 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2016
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- K2
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.