K2-8 c
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-8.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 2.4 times Earth's width.
- Temperature
- About 528 °C (982 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 98 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 5.1 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 2.41 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 801 K
- Starlight received
- 97.8 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 5.064 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0532 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-8
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,870 K
- Radius
- 0.74 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.78 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,316 light-years (403.5 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.