Kepler 7 b

Exoplanet

Distance from the star: 0.06 AU

Orbit around star: 4.8855 days +

Mass: 139.9 M Earth

| 0.4401 M Jupiter

Size: 18.158 R Earth | 1.6 R Jupiter

Density: 129 kg/m3 | 2 % Earth

Temperature: 1540 K | 1267 °C

Year of discovery: 2010 (transit)

Other designations of this exoplanet
WDS J19143+4105AB b, KOI-97 b, KIC 5780885 b, 2MASS J19141956+4105233 b

Kepler 7 system structure

Exoplanet Kepler 7 b orbits star Kepler 7, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star


	Kepler 7
		Kepler 7 b	0.06 AU	139.9 M⊕	18.2 R⊕	4.9 days

When comparing to the Solar system planets, Kepler 7 b has 1.47 times the mass of Saturn and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.

	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune
Mass	2543.25	171.63	139.88	1271.63	0.44	1.47	9.58	8.13
Size	47.42	19.11	18.16	34.26	1.62	2	4.54	4.78
Density	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.1	0.19	0.1	0.07
Distance	0.15	0.08	0.06	0.04	0.01	0.01	0	0
Temperature	3.5	2.09	5.35	7.4	9.45	11.58	19.74	21.39

Habitable zone of the star: 2.3 - 3.3 AU

The planet orbits too close to its star and is exposed to extreme temperatures and radiation prohibiting life as we know it.