K2-48 b

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-48.

Compared with Earth

Size
About 2.2 times Earth's width.
Starlight
About 15 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
Year
A year here lasts about 21 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
2.24 × Earth
Mass
Unknown
Density
Unknown
Equilibrium temperature
Unknown
Starlight received
15.3 × Earth
Orbital period
20.51 days
Average distance from its star
0.1344 AU

Star

Host star
K2-48
Spectral class
K — orange dwarf
Surface temperature
4,899 K
Radius
0.73 × Sun
Mass
0.77 × Sun
Age
Unknown

System

Distance from Earth
1,023 light-years (313.8 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.