K2-415 b

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-415.

Compared with Earth

Size
Almost exactly Earth's width.
Mass
About 7.5 times Earth's mass.
Temperature
About 139 °C (283 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Starlight
About 4.8 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
Year
A year here lasts about 4 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
1.015 × Earth
Mass
7.5 × Earth
Density
Unknown
Equilibrium temperature
412.4 K
Starlight received
4.82 × Earth
Orbital period
4.018 days
Average distance from its star
0.027 AU

Star

Host star
K2-415
Spectral class
M — red dwarf
Surface temperature
3,173 K
Radius
0.1965 × Sun
Mass
0.1635 × Sun
Age
Unknown

System

Distance from Earth
71.16 light-years (21.82 parsecs)
Stars in system
1
Known planets
1

Discovery

Year
2023
Method
Transit
Facility
K2

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