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K2-8 c

1,316.08 light-years

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Discovery
Transit · 2016
Radius
2.41 (+0.33 / −0.33) Earth radii
Mass
6.39 Earth masses
Orbital period
5.0642 (+4.1 × 10⁻⁴ / −4.1 × 10⁻⁴) days
Semi-major axis
0.0532 (+9 × 10⁻⁴ / −9 × 10⁻⁴) AU
Equilibrium temperature
801 (+23 / −23) 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