Kepler-109 c

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-109.

Compared with Earth

Size
About 2.7 times Earth's width.
Mass
About 8.2 times Earth's mass.
Temperature
About 586 °C (1,087 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Starlight
About 91 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
Year
A year here lasts about 21 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
2.65 × Earth
Mass
8.2 × Earth
Density
2.4 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature
859 K
Starlight received
91 × Earth
Orbital period
21.22 days
Average distance from its star
0.1546 AU

Star

Host star
Kepler-109
Spectral class
G — sun-like
Surface temperature
5,950 K
Radius
1.387 × Sun
Mass
1.094 × Sun
Age
6.2 billion years

System

Distance from Earth
1,549 light-years (474.9 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.