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Kepler-413 b

Kepler-413 b is a Neptune-like planet orbiting the star Kepler-413. Its year lasts 66.3 Earth days. It was discovered in 2014 by the Transit method.

Host starKepler-413
Distance2,764 light-years (847.5 pc)
Orbital period66.3 days
Orbital radius0.355 AU
Eccentricity0.118
Radius4.35 R⊕ · 0.388 R♃
Mass67 M⊕ · 0.211 M♃
Density3.2 g/cm³
Surface gravity3.55 × Earth
Equilibrium temperature335 K (62 °C)
Stellar flux received2.94 × Earth
Discovery methodTransit
Discovery year2014
Discovered byKepler

Habitable zone

Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 2.94 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 1.2° across: 2.2 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.89. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 39° S. North of latitude 39° 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 739 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 49 million years.

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.