Kepler-17 b

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-17.

Compared with Earth

Size
About 15 times Earth's width.
Mass
About 779 times Earth's mass.
Temperature
About 1,297 °C (2,366 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Year
A year here lasts about 1.5 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
14.68 × Earth
Mass
778.7 × Earth
Density
1.35 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature
1,570 K
Starlight received
Unknown
Orbital period
1.486 days
Average distance from its star
0.02591 AU

Star

Host star
Kepler-17
Spectral class
G — sun-like
Surface temperature
5,781 K
Radius
1.01 × Sun
Mass
1.04 × Sun
Age
Unknown

System

Distance from Earth
2,351 light-years (720.8 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.