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Kepler-135 c

Kepler-135 c is a Earth-sized rocky planet orbiting the star Kepler-135. Its year lasts 11.4 Earth days. It was discovered in 2014 by the Transit method.

Host starKepler-135
Distance2,028 light-years (621.9 pc)
Orbital period11.4 days
Orbital radius0.103 AU
Eccentricity0.000
Radius1.16 R⊕ · 0.103 R♃
Mass1.65 M⊕ · 0.00519 M♃ (estimated from the radius)
Density5.81 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature975 K (702 °C)
Stellar flux received210 × Earth
Discovery methodTransit
Discovery year2014
Discovered byKepler

Habitable zone

Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 210 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 6.6° across: 12 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

Open in the simulation

Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.