Qatar-2 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Qatar-2.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 14 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 793 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,071 °C (1,960 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 1.3 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 14.06 × Earth
- Mass
- 792.6 × Earth
- Density
- 1.573 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,344 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 1.337 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.02153 AU
Star
- Host star
- Qatar-2
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,645 K
- Radius
- 0.776 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.743 × Sun
- Age
- 5 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 591.6 light-years (181.4 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2011
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Qatar
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.