Kepler-16 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-16.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 8.4 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 106 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 229 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 8.449 × Earth
- Mass
- 105.8 × Earth
- Density
- 0.964 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 228.8 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.7048 AU
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-16
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,450 K
- Radius
- 0.6489 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.6897 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 244.9 light-years (75.09 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2011
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Kepler
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.