Kepler-10 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-10.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 1.5 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 3.2 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,915 °C (3,479 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 20 hours.
Planet
- Radius
- 1.47 × Earth
- Mass
- 3.24 × Earth
- Density
- 5.54 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 2,188 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 0.8375 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.01685 AU
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-10
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,708 K
- Radius
- 1.065 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.91 × Sun
- Age
- 10.6 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 605 light-years (185.5 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 3
Discovery
- Year
- 2011
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Kepler
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.