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Exoplanet Kepler 68 e
Exoplanet Kepler 68 e orbits star Kepler 68 that lies 471 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 164.03 Earth masses and orbits its star further than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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Kepler 68 e
Exoplanet
Star: Kepler 68
Distance from the star: 5.379 AU
Orbit around star: 4464.424 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Kepler 68 e around its star is 4464.424 days (or 12.2 years).
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: 0.2936Basic characteristic
Mass: 164.03 M Earth
| 0.5161 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Kepler 68 e has 164.03 Earth masses (or 0.5161 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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Year of discovery: 2023 (radial velocity)
Other designations of this exoplanet
WISE J192407.75+490224.8 e, KOI-246 e
WISE J192407.75+490224.8 e, KOI-246 e
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Kepler 68 system structure
Exoplanet Kepler 68 e orbits star Kepler 68, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is one of 4 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
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Kepler 68 | ||||||||
| Kepler 68 b | 0.06 AU | 7.7 M⊕ | 5.4 days | ||||||
| Kepler 68 c | 0.09 AU | 2 M⊕ | 0.9 R⊕ | 9.6 days | |||||
| Kepler 68 d | 1.4 AU | 244.8 M⊕ | 634.6 days | ||||||
| Kepler 68 e | 5.38 AU | 164 M⊕ | 4464.4 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Kepler 68 e has 52 % of mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star between distances of Jupiter and Saturn from the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 2982.36 | 201.26 | 164.03 | 1491.18 | 0.52 | 1.72 | 11.23 | 9.54 |
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Distance | 13.79 | 7.44 | 5.38 | 3.53 | 1.03 | 0.56 | 0.28 | 0.18 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 145.4 - 209.5 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.