Exoplanet · Earth-sized rocky planet
Kepler-158 d
Kepler-158 d is a Earth-sized rocky planet orbiting the star Kepler-158. Its year lasts 0.645 Earth days. It was discovered in 2024 by the Transit method.
| Host star | Kepler-158 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,028 light-years (315.2 pc) |
| Orbital period | 15.5 hours |
| Radius | 0.43 R⊕ · 0.0384 R♃ |
| Mass | 0.0472 M⊕ · 1.49 × 10⁻⁴ M♃ (estimated from the radius) |
| Density | 3.26 g/cm³ |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2024 |
| Discovered by | Kepler |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 14.74. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 50° S. North of latitude 50° 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 the year 998. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 18 million years.
Planets in the same system
- Kepler-158 b 16.7-day orbit · 2.12 R⊕
- Kepler-158 c 28.6-day orbit · 1.9 R⊕
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.