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K2-8 b

1,316.08 light-years

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Discovery
Transit · 2015
Radius
3.58 (+0.71 / −0.71) Earth radii
Mass
12.5 Earth masses
Orbital period
10.3524 (+8.6 × 10⁻⁴ / −8.6 × 10⁻⁴) days
Semi-major axis
0.0856 (+1.4 × 10⁻³ / −1.4 × 10⁻³) AU
Equilibrium temperature
631 (+18 / −18) K
Mass provenance
M-R relationship

Measurements may come from different studies and need not form one self-consistent model. “Msini” is a minimum mass; a mass inferred from radius is an estimate. Equilibrium temperature is a model estimate, not a measured surface temperature or evidence of habitability.

NASA archive record and references ↗

Snapshot retrieved: 2026-10-11T04:15:07.688253+00:00