Kepler-18 d

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-18.

Compared with Earth

Size
About 7 times Earth's width.
Mass
About 16 times Earth's mass.
Year
A year here lasts about 15 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
6.98 × Earth
Mass
16.4 × Earth
Density
0.27 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature
Unknown
Starlight received
Unknown
Orbital period
14.86 days
Average distance from its star
0.1172 AU

Star

Host star
Kepler-18
Spectral class
G — sun-like
Surface temperature
5,345 K
Radius
1.108 × Sun
Mass
0.972 × Sun
Age
10 billion years

System

Distance from Earth
1,412 light-years (433 parsecs)
Stars in system
1
Known planets
3

Discovery

Year
2011
Method
Transit
Facility
Kepler

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