Exoplanet · Neptune-like planet
KIC 10525077 b
KIC 10525077 b is a Neptune-like planet orbiting the star KIC 10525077. Its year lasts 854 Earth days. It was discovered in 2015 by the Transit method.
| Host star | KIC 10525077 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 4,766 light-years (1,461 pc) |
| Orbital period | 2.34 years |
| Radius | 5.5 R⊕ · 0.491 R♃ |
| Mass | 25.9 M⊕ · 0.0815 M♃ (estimated from the radius) |
| Density | 0.855 g/cm³ |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2015 |
| Discovered by | Kepler |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.59. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 42° S. North of latitude 42° 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 4,766 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 85 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.