K2-60 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-60.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 7.7 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 135 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,127 °C (2,060 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 7.656 × Earth
- Mass
- 135.4 × Earth
- Density
- 1.7 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,400 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.003 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.045 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-60
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,500 K
- Radius
- 1.12 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.97 × Sun
- Age
- 10 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,604 light-years (491.9 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.