K2-7 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-7.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 4 times Earth's width.
- Temperature
- About 513 °C (955 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 29 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 4.035 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 786 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 28.68 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.1867 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-7
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,700 K
- Radius
- 1.533 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.056 × Sun
- Age
- 8.6 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 2,409 light-years (738.6 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2015
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- K2
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.