K2-343 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-343.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 1.7 times Earth's width.
- Temperature
- About 380 °C (716 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.8 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 1.65 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 653 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 2.787 days
- Average distance from its star
- Unknown
Star
- Host star
- K2-343
- Spectral class
- M — red dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 3,804 K
- Radius
- 0.46 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.49 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 542 light-years (166.2 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 2
Discovery
- Year
- 2021
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- K2
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.