Neptune-like

Kepler-700 b

Orbiting Kepler-700 | 1491.8 parsecs away

2016

Discovered

5.99

Earth Radii

Discovery Information

Discovery MethodTransit

Discovery Year2,016

Discovery FacilityKepler

Orbital Properties

Orbital Period80.8721 days

Physical Properties

Radius (Jupiter)0.5344 RJ

Radius (Earth)5.99 R⊕

Planetary Extremes

Where Kepler-700 b sits on the spectrum of all known exoplanets.

Radius5.99 R⊕

TinyEnormous

Year Length80.9 days

LightningGlacial

Size Comparison

5.99x Earth's radius (0.53x Jupiter)

Host Star: Kepler-700

Effective Temperature5,692 K

Mass0.98 M☉

Radius0.96 R☉

Size vs Sun1.04x smaller

Metallicity [Fe/H]0.04

Distance (pc)1,491.76 pc

Distance (ly)4865.5 light-years

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