K2-42 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-42.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 2.2 times Earth's width.
- Starlight
- About 44 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 6.7 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 2.15 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- 44.1 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 6.688 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0617 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-42
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,613 K
- Radius
- 0.643 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.702 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,295 light-years (396.9 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.