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Exoplanet Kepler-279 d
Exoplanet Kepler-279 d orbits star Kepler-279 that lies 3517 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 37.513 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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Kepler-279 d
Exoplanet, super-earth
Star: Kepler-279
Distance from the star: 0.30728 AU
Orbit around star: 54.414 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet Kepler-279 d around its star is 54.414 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: 37.513 M Earth
| 0.1180 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet Kepler-279 d has 37.513 Earth masses (or 0.1180 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: 3.105 R Earth | 0.3 R Jupiter
Density: 6909 kg/m3 | 125.32 % Earth
Year of discovery: 2013 (transit)
Other designations of this exoplanet
2MASS J19093389+4211414 d
2MASS J19093389+4211414 d
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Kepler-279 system structure
Exoplanet Kepler-279 d orbits star Kepler-279, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is one of 4 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
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Kepler-279 | ||||||||
| Kepler-279 e | n/a | 56 M⊕ | 98.4 days | ||||||
| Kepler-279 b | 0.11 AU | 3.6 R⊕ | 12.3 days | ||||||
| Kepler-279 c | 0.23 AU | 49.3 M⊕ | 4.3 R⊕ | 35.7 days | |||||
| Kepler-279 d | 0.31 AU | 37.5 M⊕ | 3.1 R⊕ | 54.4 days | |||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, Kepler-279 d has 39 % of mass of Saturn and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 682.05 | 46.03 | 37.51 | 341.03 | 0.12 | 0.39 | 2.57 | 2.18 |
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Size | 8.11 | 3.27 | 3.11 | 5.86 | 0.28 | 0.34 | 0.78 | 0.82 |
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Density | 1.28 | 1.32 | 1.25 | 1.7 | 5.55 | 9.92 | 5.49 | 4 |
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Distance | 0.79 | 0.43 | 0.31 | 0.2 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 904.3 - 1302.8 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.