K2-72 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-72.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 1.1 times Earth's width.
- Starlight
- About 8.5 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 5.6 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 1.08 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- 8.5 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 5.577 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.04 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-72
- Spectral class
- M — red dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 3,360 K
- Radius
- 0.331 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.2714 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 216.7 light-years (66.43 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 4
Discovery
- Year
- 2016
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- K2
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.