K2-265 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-265.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 1.7 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 7.3 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,093 °C (1,999 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.4 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 1.708 × Earth
- Mass
- 7.342 × Earth
- Density
- 7.9 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,366 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 2.369 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.03359 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-265
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,420 K
- Radius
- 0.92 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.901 × Sun
- Age
- 7.8 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 452.3 light-years (138.7 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2018
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- K2
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.