K2-263 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-263.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 2.5 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 15 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 209 °C (408 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 51 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 2.513 × Earth
- Mass
- 15.4 × Earth
- Density
- 5.65 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 482 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 50.82 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.2573 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-263
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,368 K
- Radius
- 0.85 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.88 × Sun
- Age
- 7 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 529.9 light-years (162.5 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.