K2-260 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-260.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 18 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 547 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,817 °C (3,302 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.6 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 18.42 × Earth
- Mass
- 546.7 × Earth
- Density
- 0.48 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 2,090 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 2.627 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.04392 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-260
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,860 K
- Radius
- 1.755 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.637 × Sun
- Age
- 0.65 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 2,165 light-years (663.8 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.