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Exoplanet Kepler 10 b
Exoplanet Kepler 10 b orbits star Kepler 10 that lies 608 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 3.239 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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Kepler 10 b
Exoplanet, lava planet, ultra-short period
Star: Kepler 10
Distance from the star: 0.01685 AU
Orbit around star: 0.837491 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Kepler 10 b around its star is 0.837491 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: 3.239 M Earth
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Kepler 10 b has 3.239 Earth masses, or 0.22 times the mass of Uranus.
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: 1.469 R Earth | 0.1 R Jupiter
Density: 5633 kg/m3 | 102.18 % Earth
Temperature: 2188 K | 1914.85 °C
Year of discovery: 2011 (transit)
Other designations of this exoplanet
KOI-72 b, KIC 11904151 b, GSC 03549-00354 b, 2MASS J19024305+5014286 b
KOI-72 b, KIC 11904151 b, GSC 03549-00354 b, 2MASS J19024305+5014286 b
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Kepler 10 system structure
Exoplanet Kepler 10 b orbits star Kepler 10, which has lower mass than Sun. It is one of 3 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
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Kepler 10 | ||||||||
| Kepler 10 b | 0.02 AU | 3.2 M⊕ | 1.5 R⊕ | 0.8 days | |||||
| Kepler 10 c | 0.24 AU | 7.4 M⊕ | 2.4 R⊕ | 45.3 days | |||||
| Kepler 10 d unconfirmed |
0.37 AU | 5.7 M⊕ | 102 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Kepler 10 b has 22 % of mass of Uranus and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 58.89 | 3.97 | 3.24 | 29.45 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.19 |
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Size | 3.84 | 1.55 | 1.47 | 2.77 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.37 | 0.39 |
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Density | 1.04 | 1.07 | 1.02 | 1.38 | 4.53 | 8.09 | 4.48 | 3.26 |
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Distance | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Temperature | 4.97 | 2.97 | 7.6 | 10.52 | 13.42 | 16.45 | 28.05 | 30.39 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 1.1 - 1.6 AU
The planet orbits too close to its star and is exposed to extreme temperatures and radiation prohibiting life as we know it.