K2-46 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-46.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 2.1 times Earth's width.
- Starlight
- About 119 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 19 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 2.05 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- 119 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 19.15 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.1382 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-46
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,256 K
- Radius
- 1.29 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.96 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,465 light-years (449.2 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.