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Gas Giant

Kepler-16 b

Orbiting Kepler-16 | 75.1 parsecs away

2011

Discovered

105.8

Earth Masses

8.45

Earth Radii

Discovery Information

Discovery MethodTransit
Discovery Year2,011
Discovery FacilityKepler

Orbital Properties

Orbital Period228.776 days
Semi-Major Axis0.7048 AU
Eccentricity0.0069
Inclination90.0322 deg

Physical Properties

Mass (Jupiter)0.333 MJ
Mass (Earth)105.833 M⊕
Radius (Jupiter)0.7538 RJ
Radius (Earth)8.4493 R⊕
Density0.964 g/cm3
Planetary Extremes

Where Kepler-16 b sits on the spectrum of all known exoplanets.

Mass105.8 M⊕
FeatherweightColossus
Radius8.45 R⊕
TinyEnormous
Year Length228.8 days
LightningGlacial
Density0.96 g/cm³
FluffyIron-dense
Star Distance0.705 AU
ScorchedFrozen exile
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Size Comparison
EarthKepler-16 bJupiter

8.45x Earth's radius (0.75x Jupiter)

Orbit Comparison
EarthKepler-16 b
Earth: 365.25 days (1 AU)Kepler-16 b: 228.8 Earth days (0.705 AU)
Host Star: Kepler-16

Effective Temperature4,450 K
Mass0.6897 M☉
Radius0.6489 R☉
Size vs Sun1.54x smaller
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.3
Distance (pc)75.0852 pc
Distance (ly)244.9 light-years

What If You Lived Here?

103.8 kg

Your weight (from 70 kg)

1.48g

Heavy

Every step takes effort. Climbing stairs is exhausting.

228.8 Earth days

Year length

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