Kepler-43 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-43.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 14 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 1,027 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,347 °C (2,456 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 13.66 × Earth
- Mass
- 1,027 × Earth
- Density
- 5 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,620 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.024 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.046 AU
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-43
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,041 K
- Radius
- 1.42 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.32 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 3,281 light-years (1,006 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2011
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Kepler
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.