Wendelstein-2 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Wendelstein-2.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 13 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 232 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 2,197 °C (3,986 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 1.8 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 12.99 × Earth
- Mass
- 232.3 × Earth
- Density
- 0.62 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 2,470 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 1.752 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0234 AU
Star
- Host star
- Wendelstein-2
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,591 K
- Radius
- 0.66 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.73 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,845 light-years (565.5 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2020
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Haleakala Observatory
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.