About this world
K2-281 b is a Neptune-like planet orbiting K2-281, an orange dwarf 1.49 thousand light-years from Earth. It is about 0.73 times the size of Jupiter. It completes an orbit every 8.69 days at 0.077 AU from its star, closer than Mercury is to the Sun.
Its equilibrium temperature is about 665 K (392 °C): far too hot for liquid water on its surface. At its size it almost certainly keeps a deep envelope of hydrogen and helium.
It was discovered in 2018 by transit with K2. A planet crosses its star and dims it by a tiny, periodic fraction.