Kepler-36 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-36.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 1.5 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 3.8 times Earth's mass.
- Starlight
- About 247 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 14 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 1.498 × Earth
- Mass
- 3.83 × Earth
- Density
- 6.26 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- 247 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 13.87 days
- Average distance from its star
- Unknown
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-36
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,979 K
- Radius
- 1.634 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.034 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,722 light-years (528 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 2
Discovery
- Year
- 2012
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Kepler
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.