K2-34 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-34.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 14 times Earth's width.
- Temperature
- About 1,414 °C (2,577 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 13.75 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,687 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 2.996 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0442 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-34
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,168 K
- Radius
- 1.42 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.16 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,137 light-years (348.6 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2016
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- K2
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.