K2-273 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-273.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 3.1 times Earth's width.
- Temperature
- About 576 °C (1,069 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 12 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 3.05 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 849 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 11.72 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0729 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-273
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 5,161 K
- Radius
- 0.85 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.89 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,005 light-years (308.1 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.