K2-357 b

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-357.

Compared with Earth

Size
About 3.7 times Earth's width.
Temperature
About 462 °C (863 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Year
A year here lasts about 16 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
3.72 × Earth
Mass
Unknown
Density
Unknown
Equilibrium temperature
735 K
Starlight received
Unknown
Orbital period
16.35 days
Average distance from its star
0.145 AU

Star

Host star
K2-357
Spectral class
G — sun-like
Surface temperature
5,794 K
Radius
1 × Sun
Mass
0.98 × Sun
Age
Unknown

System

Distance from Earth
1,688 light-years (517.7 parsecs)
Stars in system
1
Known planets
1

Discovery

Year
2021
Method
Transit
Facility
K2

Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.