K2-315b
 An artist's impression of a small rocky planet like K2-315b | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Kepler (K2) |
| Discovery date | 2020 |
| Transit | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.02±0.00 AU | |
| 3.14±0.00 d | |
| Inclination | 88.7°±0.2° |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 0.95±0.06 R🜨 |
| Mass | 0.81 M🜨 |
| Temperature | 460 ± 5 K (368.33 ± 9.00 °F; 186.85 ± 5.00 °C) |
K2-315b is an exoplanet that is 185.3 light years away from Earth. It is in the southern zodiac constellation Libra and orbits the red dwarf K2-315.
It is often nicknamed “Pi Planet” due to the orbit around the star the planet has being about 3.14, or pi.
