K2-86 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-86.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 2 times Earth's width.
- Starlight
- About 78 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 8.8 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 1.96 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- 78 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 8.777 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.077 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-86
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,482 K
- Radius
- 0.76 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.79 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 843.8 light-years (258.7 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.