Kepler-26 c
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-26.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 2.7 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 6.2 times Earth's mass.
- Starlight
- About 4.8 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 17 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 2.72 × Earth
- Mass
- 6.2 × Earth
- Density
- 1.61 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- 4.82 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 17.26 days
- Average distance from its star
- Unknown
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-26
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 3,914 K
- Radius
- 0.512 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.544 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,094 light-years (335.3 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 4
Discovery
- Year
- 2011
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Kepler
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.