About K2-348 b
K2-348 b is a common exoplanet. It lies about 658.4 light-years from Earth, has an equilibrium temperature near 908 K, spans roughly 3.26 Earth radii and weighs about 10.7 Earth masses.
One of at least 2 planets orbiting its star.
Common exoplanet 16 EP
K2-348 b
RA 130.8783° · Dec 24.4230° · exoplanet
Score breakdown
· 3 badgesCommon 24 pts → Uncommon
- Multi-planet system +6
- Confirmed exoplanet +5
- Sub-Neptune +5
Total score 16
8 more points to reach Uncommon.
Badges
- Confirmed exoplanet · +5
- Sub-Neptune · +5
- Multi-planet system · +6
Trivia
Could we get there?
- Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.
Getting there
- Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 11.6 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
- Fastest probe ever. ≈ 1 million years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.
- At 10% light speed. ≈ 6584 years in a starship at a tenth of light speed.
- Distance. 658 light-years from Earth.
Look-back time
- Look-back time. The light you'd see left around the year 1368.
Saying hello
- Say hello. A radio message and its reply would take 1317 years round-trip.
Standing on it
- A year here. A full year lasts just 4.7 Earth days.
By the numbers
- Size. About 3.3× the width of Earth.
- Volume. About 34.6 Earths could fit inside it.
- Mass. About 10.7× the mass of Earth.
- Your weight. You'd weigh about 1.0× your Earth weight standing here.
- Temperature. Around 635°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
- 1.7
- discovery facility
- K2
- discovery method
- Transit
- dist ly
- 658.3655
- eq temp k
- 908
- insolation
- 133.083
- mass earth
- 10.7
- name
- K2-348 b
- orbital period days
- 4.6884
- radius earth
- 3.26
- sys num planets
- 2
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, K2-348 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 K2-348 b is a common exoplanet
K2-348 b scores 16 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 8 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Sub-Neptune 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.