Kepler-15 b

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-15.

Compared with Earth

Size
About 11 times Earth's width.
Mass
About 210 times Earth's mass.
Year
A year here lasts about 4.9 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
10.76 × Earth
Mass
209.8 × Earth
Density
0.93 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature
Unknown
Starlight received
Unknown
Orbital period
4.943 days
Average distance from its star
0.05714 AU

Star

Host star
Kepler-15
Spectral class
G — sun-like
Surface temperature
5,515 K
Radius
0.992 × Sun
Mass
1.018 × Sun
Age
3.7 billion years

System

Distance from Earth
2,412 light-years (739.4 parsecs)
Stars in system
1
Known planets
1

Discovery

Year
2011
Method
Transit
Facility
Kepler

Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.