K2-270 c
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-270.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 3 times Earth's width.
- Temperature
- About 575 °C (1,067 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 4.4 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 2.95 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 848 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 4.4 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0497 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-270
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,877 K
- Radius
- 0.77 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.85 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 914.9 light-years (280.5 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 2
Discovery
- Year
- 2018
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- K2
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.