Kepler-296 b

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-296.

Compared with Earth

Size
About 1.6 times Earth's width.
Starlight
About 6.5 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
Year
A year here lasts about 11 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
1.61 × Earth
Mass
Unknown
Density
Unknown
Equilibrium temperature
Unknown
Starlight received
6.5 × Earth
Orbital period
10.86 days
Average distance from its star
0.079 AU

Star

Host star
Kepler-296
Spectral class
M — red dwarf
Surface temperature
3,740 K
Radius
0.48 × Sun
Mass
0.498 × Sun
Age
Unknown

System

Distance from Earth
Unknown
Stars in system
2
Known planets
5

Discovery

Year
2014
Method
Transit
Facility
Kepler

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