Exoplanet · super-Earth
Kepler-135 b
Kepler-135 b is a super-Earth orbiting the star Kepler-135. Its year lasts 6 Earth days. It was discovered in 2014 by the Transit method.
| Host star | Kepler-135 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 2,028 light-years (621.9 pc) |
| Orbital period | 6 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.067 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.000 |
| Radius | 1.81 R⊕ · 0.161 R♃ |
| Mass | 3.93 M⊕ · 0.0124 M♃ (estimated from the radius) |
| Density | 3.64 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 1,209 K (936 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 497 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2014 |
| Discovered by | Kepler |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 497 times the light the Earth does, too hot to keep liquid water on its surface.
Its star in the sky
In the planet's sky its star is a disc 10° across: 19 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.80. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 51° S. North of latitude 51° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around 3 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 36 million years.
Planets in the same system
- Kepler-135 c 11.4-day orbit · 1.16 R⊕
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.