KOI-55 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting KOI-55.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 76% of Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 44% of Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 5.8 hours.
Planet
- Radius
- 0.759 × Earth
- Mass
- 0.44 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 0.2401 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.006 AU
Star
- Host star
- KOI-55
- Spectral class
- B — blue-white
- Surface temperature
- 27,730 K
- Radius
- 0.203 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.496 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 4,015 light-years (1,231 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 2
Discovery
- Year
- 2011
- Method
- Orbital Brightness Modulation
- Facility
- Kepler
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.