Kepler-236 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-236.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 1.6 times Earth's width.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 8.3 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 1.57 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 8.296 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.065 AU
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-236
- Spectral class
- M — red dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 3,750 K
- Radius
- 0.51 × Sun
- Mass
- Unknown
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 941.8 light-years (288.8 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 2
Discovery
- Year
- 2014
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Kepler
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.