K2-50 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-50.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 1.6 times Earth's width.
- Starlight
- About 19 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 8.8 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 1.59 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- 18.8 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 8.753 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0705 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-50
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,326 K
- Radius
- 0.546 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.611 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 839.7 light-years (257.4 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.