About K2-185 b
K2-185 b is an uncommon exoplanet. It lies about 875.3 light-years from Earth, has an equilibrium temperature near 809 K, spans roughly 1.15 Earth radii and weighs about 1.6 Earth masses.
One of at least 2 planets orbiting its star.
Uncommon exoplanet 27 EP
K2-185 b
RA 130.2597° · Dec 14.6902° · exoplanet
Score breakdown
· 3 badgesUncommon 33 pts → Rare
- Earth-sized +16
- Multi-planet system +6
- Confirmed exoplanet +5
Total score 27
6 more points to reach Rare.
Badges
- Confirmed exoplanet · +5
- Earth-sized · +16
- Multi-planet system · +6
Trivia
Could we get there?
- Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.
Getting there
- Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 15.4 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
- Fastest probe ever. ≈ 1.4 million years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.
- At 10% light speed. ≈ 8753 years in a starship at a tenth of light speed.
- Distance. 875 light-years from Earth.
Look-back time
- Look-back time. The light you'd see left around the year 1151.
Saying hello
- Say hello. A radio message and its reply would take 1751 years round-trip.
Standing on it
- A year here. A full year lasts just 10.6 Earth days.
By the numbers
- Size. About 1.1× the width of Earth.
- Mass. About 1.6× the mass of Earth.
- Your weight. You'd weigh about 1.2× your Earth weight standing here.
- Temperature. Around 536°C — hotter than a self-cleaning oven.
How we found it
- Discovery. Found by K2 using the transit method.
Cosmic context
- Crowded system. One of at least 2 planets orbiting its star.
Properties
- density gcc
- 5.78
- discovery facility
- K2
- discovery method
- Transit
- dist ly
- 875.2625
- eq temp k
- 809
- mass earth
- 1.6
- name
- K2-185 b
- orbital period days
- 10.6164
- radius earth
- 1.15
- sys num planets
- 2
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, K2-185 b is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
Why K2-185 b is an uncommon exoplanet
K2-185 b scores 27 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Earth-sized and Multi-planet system — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.