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K2-5 b

K2-5 b is a hot large super-Earth orbiting an orange star 661.9 ly away. A year there lasts 5.7 days. It was found using the transit method: it dims its star as it passes in front. Planets this size may be wrapped in thick gas; the game imagines it as a solid or water world you can walk on. Note: its mass is estimated from its size.

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EarthK2-5 b
Gravity11.59 m/s²1.18× Earth estimated
Size1.91× Earthradius measured
Mass4.31× Earthestimated
Temperature≈ 292 °Cequilibrium temperature measured
Distance662 light-yearsfrom the Sun
Its star3,930 Kan orange dwarf
One year5.7 daystime to orbit its star
Discovered2015transit

What it would be like in Worldwalk imagined

Nobody has seen the surface of K2-5 b. The game builds it from the real numbers above: you land on dry, dusty desert rock.

Pack the right suit. Choose 3 of 6 modules (cooling, heating, pressure hull, extra oxygen, radiation shield, jetpack), complete 3 surveys and get back to the lander before your oxygen runs out.

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Other planets around K2-5

K2-5 c1.12× Earth

Similar worlds nearby

K2-138 c661 light-yearsK2-138 d661 light-yearsK2-138 e661 light-yearsK2-138 f661 light-yearsK2-138 g661 light-yearsK2-180 b665 light-years

Sizes, masses, temperatures and orbits come from the NASA Exoplanet Archive (Planetary Systems Composite table). Values marked estimated are calculated from the other measurements; the surface and air are imagined for the game.