K2-36 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-36.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 1.4 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 4.3 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,055 °C (1,931 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 519 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 1.4 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 1.43 × Earth
- Mass
- 4.3 × Earth
- Density
- 8 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,328 K
- Starlight received
- 519 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 1.423 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.02288 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-36
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,916 K
- Radius
- 0.718 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.79 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 358 light-years (109.7 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 2
Discovery
- Year
- 2016
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- K2
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.