K2-98 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting K2-98.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 5.1 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 34 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 912 °C (1,673 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 10 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 5.066 × Earth
- Mass
- 34.01 × Earth
- Density
- 1.4 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,185 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 10.14 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0986 AU
Star
- Host star
- K2-98
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,260 K
- Radius
- 1.518 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.246 × Sun
- Age
- 3.4 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,692 light-years (518.6 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.