Kepler-172 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-172.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 2.4 times Earth's width.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.9 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 2.35 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 2.94 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.04 AU
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-172
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,526 K
- Radius
- 1.085 × Sun
- Mass
- Unknown
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 2,703 light-years (828.6 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 4
Discovery
- Year
- 2014
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Kepler
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.