K2-32 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-32.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 5.3 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 15 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 564 °C (1,047 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 9 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 5.299 × Earth
- Mass
- 15 × Earth
- Density
- 0.55 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 837 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 8.992 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0795 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-32
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 5,271 K
- Radius
- 0.86 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.83 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 514.3 light-years (157.7 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 4
Discovery
- Year
- 2016
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- K2
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.