Kepler-101 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-101.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 5.8 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 51 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,240 °C (2,264 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3.5 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 5.77 × Earth
- Mass
- 51.1 × Earth
- Density
- 1.45 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,513 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.488 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0474 AU
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-101
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,667 K
- Radius
- 1.56 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.17 × Sun
- Age
- 5.9 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 3,027 light-years (928 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 2
Discovery
- Year
- 2014
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Kepler
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.