K2-73 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-73.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 2.6 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 9.2 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 695 °C (1,283 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 209 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 7.5 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 2.58 × Earth
- Mass
- 9.2 × Earth
- Density
- 2.8 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 968 K
- Starlight received
- 209 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 7.496 days
- Average distance from its star
- Unknown
Star
- Host star
- K2-73
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,867 K
- Radius
- 1.058 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.02 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 878 light-years (269.2 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.