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Kepler-687 b

Orbiting Kepler-687 | 633.7 parsecs away

2016

Discovered

3.52

Earth Radii

Discovery Information

Discovery MethodTransit
Discovery Year2,016
Discovery FacilityKepler

Orbital Properties

Orbital Period20.5059 days

Physical Properties

Radius (Jupiter)0.314 RJ
Radius (Earth)3.52 R⊕
Planetary Extremes

Where Kepler-687 b sits on the spectrum of all known exoplanets.

Radius3.52 R⊕
TinyEnormous
Year Length20.5 days
LightningGlacial
Size Comparison
EarthKepler-687 bJupiter

3.52x Earth's radius (0.31x Jupiter)

Host Star: Kepler-687

Effective Temperature4,841 K
Mass0.77 M☉
Radius0.73 R☉
Size vs Sun1.37x smaller
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.04
Distance (pc)633.66 pc
Distance (ly)2066.7 light-years

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