Kepler-1979 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-1979.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 29 times Earth's width.
- Temperature
- About 410 °C (770 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 51 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 19 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 29.33 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 683 K
- Starlight received
- 51.32 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 18.51 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.1383 AU
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-1979
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,942 K
- Radius
- 0.938 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.028 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 3,510 light-years (1,076 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2023
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Kepler
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.