Finding Earth 2.0
K2-18 · M2.5 V

K2-18 c

Rank #580 of the ranked catalogue · Discovered by Radial Velocity in 2017

HZ 0%M sin i

0.112

Earth-2.0 index

0.513

Earth Similarity Index

0%

Habitable-zone probability

2.65 R⊕

Radius

Planet

Mass7.510 M⊕M sin i
Bulk density2.220 g/cm³
Orbital period8.9620 days
Semi-major axis0.06000 au
Eccentricity0.470
Incident flux7.028 S⊕
Equilibrium temperature413.9 K
Maximum angular separation1.58 masReflected-light contrast 3.39e-7 at Aᵍ = 0.30 and Lambertian quadrature.
Composite parameter sources5 · mixedThe archive may select different publications for different parameters; mixed-source is disclosed, not automatically penalised.
Default-solution coverage75%0% median composite-to-default difference over shared parameters.

Host star & system

HostK2-18
Spectral typeM2.5 V
Effective temperature3457 K
Radius0.411 R☉
Mass0.359 M☉
Distance38.0 pc / 124.0 ly
DiscoveryRadial Velocity, 2017