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Exoplanet Kepler 23 b
Exoplanet Kepler 23 b orbits star Kepler 23 that lies 2862 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 254.326 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
2862 light years
2862 light years
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Kepler 23 b
Exoplanet, gas giant
Star: Kepler 23
Distance from the star: 0.075 AU
Orbit around star: 7.1073 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Kepler 23 b around its star is 7.1073 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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Eccentricity: 0.06Basic characteristic
Mass: 254.326 M Earth
| 0.8003 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Kepler 23 b has 254.326 Earth masses (or 0.8003 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...
More about Exoplanet mass in StellarGuide
Size: 1.906 R Earth | 0.2 R Jupiter
Density: 202509 kg/m3 | 3673.30 % Earth
Year of discovery: 2011 (transit)
Other designations of this exoplanet
2MASS J19365254+4928452 b, GSC 03564-01806 b, KIC 11512246 b, KOI-168 b, WISE J193652.53+492845.3 b, TIC 27083727 b
2MASS J19365254+4928452 b, GSC 03564-01806 b, KIC 11512246 b, KOI-168 b, WISE J193652.53+492845.3 b, TIC 27083727 b
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Kepler 23 system structure
Exoplanet Kepler 23 b orbits star Kepler 23, which has much lower mass than Sun. It is one of 2 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
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Kepler 23 | ||||||||
| Kepler 23 b | 0.08 AU | 254.3 M⊕ | 1.9 R⊕ | 7.1 days | |||||
| Kepler 23 c | 0.1 AU | 858.3 M⊕ | 3.2 R⊕ | 10.7 days | |||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Kepler 23 b has 80 % of mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 4624.11 | 312.06 | 254.33 | 2312.05 | 0.8 | 2.67 | 17.42 | 14.79 |
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Size | 4.98 | 2.01 | 1.91 | 3.6 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.48 | 0.5 |
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Density | 37.49 | 38.64 | 36.73 | 49.71 | 162.77 | 290.75 | 161.01 | 117.18 |
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Distance | 0.19 | 0.1 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 884.5 - 1274.3 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.