Exoplanet · mini-Neptune
Kepler-1636 b
Kepler-1636 b is a mini-Neptune orbiting the star Kepler-1636. Its year lasts 425 Earth days. It was discovered in 2016 by the Transit method.
| Host star | Kepler-1636 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 6,352 light-years (1,948 pc) |
| Orbital period | 425 days |
| Orbital radius | 1.12 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.000 |
| Radius | 3.23 R⊕ · 0.288 R♃ |
| Mass | 10.5 M⊕ · 0.033 M♃ (estimated from the radius) |
| Density | 1.71 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 248 K (-25 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 1.22 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2016 |
| Discovered by | Kepler |
Habitable zone
At the edge of the habitable zone (within the optimistic limits): liquid water would be possible only with a favourable atmosphere.
Its star in the sky
In the planet's sky its star is a disc 0.48° across: 0.91 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.81. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 44° S. North of latitude 44° 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 6,352 years ago. At that time the first farming villages were being founded; there was no writing yet. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 113 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.