Exoplanet · Earth-sized rocky planet
Kepler-879 c
Kepler-879 c is a Earth-sized rocky planet orbiting the star Kepler-879. Its year lasts 0.647 Earth days. It was discovered in 2024 by the Transit method.
| Host star | Kepler-879 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 2,618 light-years (802.7 pc) |
| Orbital period | 15.5 hours |
| Radius | 0.4 R⊕ · 0.0357 R♃ |
| Mass | 0.0364 M⊕ · 1.15 × 10⁻⁴ M♃ (estimated from the radius) |
| Density | 3.13 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 14.43. 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 593 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 46 million years.
Planets in the same system
- Kepler-879 b 33.4-day orbit · 2.57 R⊕
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.