K2-27 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-27.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 4.7 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 30 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 563 °C (1,045 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 116 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 6.8 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 4.74 × Earth
- Mass
- 30.2 × Earth
- Density
- 1.71 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 836 K
- Starlight received
- 116 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 6.771 days
- Average distance from its star
- Unknown
Star
- Host star
- K2-27
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 5,246 K
- Radius
- 0.876 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.88 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 814.2 light-years (249.6 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 3
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2016
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- K2
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.