Skip to content
Public Universe

Exoplanet

K2-279 b

596.81 light-years

Add to an observing list or journal →
Discovery
Transit · 2018
Radius
1.21 (+0.14 / −0.14) Earth radii
Mass
1.92 Earth masses
Orbital period
7.1226 (+1.647 × 10⁻³ / −1.601 × 10⁻³) days
Semi-major axis
0.067 (+8 × 10⁻⁴ / −9 × 10⁻⁴) AU
Equilibrium temperature
879 (+14 / −14) 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