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Exoplanet Kepler-16 A b
Exoplanet Kepler-16 A b orbits star Kepler-16 A that lies 245 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 99.505 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
245 light years
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Kepler-16 A b
Exoplanet, gas giant
Star: Kepler-16 A
Distance from the star: 0.7048 AU
Orbit around star: 228.776 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Kepler-16 A b around its star is 228.776 days.
The orbital period of an exoplanet is the time it takes to complete one full orbit around its star, usually measured in days. Most of the exoplanets discovered so far have orbital periods of less than one year...
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Basic characteristic
Mass: 99.505 M Earth
| 0.3131 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Kepler-16 A b has 99.505 Earth masses (or 0.3131 Jupiter masses).
The mass of an exoplanet is one of the most important characteristics for understanding what kind of world it is — whether it’s small and rocky like Earth or large and gaseous like Jupiter. Mass provides key information about the planet’s composition, gravity, and formation history...
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Size: 8.449 R Earth | 0.8 R Jupiter
Density: 910 kg/m3 | 16.51 % Earth
Temperature: 188 K | -85.15 °C
Year of discovery: 2011 (transit)
Other designations of this exoplanet
KIC 12644769 b, KOI-1611 b, 2MASS J19161817+5145267 b, TIC 299096355 b, Gaia DR2 2133476355197071616 b
KIC 12644769 b, KOI-1611 b, 2MASS J19161817+5145267 b, TIC 299096355 b, Gaia DR2 2133476355197071616 b
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Kepler-16 system structure
Exoplanet Kepler-16 A b orbits star Kepler-16 A, which has lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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Kepler-16 A | ||||||||
| Kepler-16 A b | 0.7 AU | 99.5 M⊕ | 8.4 R⊕ | 228.8 days | |||||
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Kepler-16 B | 0.22 AU | |||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Kepler-16 A b has 1.05 times the mass of Saturn and it orbits its star a little closer than Venus.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 1809.18 | 122.09 | 99.51 | 904.59 | 0.31 | 1.05 | 6.82 | 5.79 |
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Size | 22.07 | 8.89 | 8.45 | 15.94 | 0.75 | 0.93 | 2.11 | 2.22 |
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Density | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.22 | 0.73 | 1.31 | 0.72 | 0.53 |
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Distance | 1.81 | 0.97 | 0.7 | 0.46 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
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Temperature | 0.43 | 0.26 | 0.65 | 0.9 | 1.15 | 1.41 | 2.41 | 2.61 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 91.2 - 131.4 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.
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