Kepler-1998 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-1998.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 60% of Earth's width.
- Temperature
- About 914 °C (1,677 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 468 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 0.6 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,187 K
- Starlight received
- 468.3 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 3.033 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0405 AU
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-1998
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,640 K
- Radius
- 0.921 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.962 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,112 light-years (341 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.