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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
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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