Kepler-438 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-438.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 1.1 times Earth's width.
- Starlight
- About 1.4 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 35 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 1.12 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- 1.4 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 35.23 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.166 AU
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-438
- Spectral class
- M — red dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 3,748 K
- Radius
- 0.52 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.544 × Sun
- Age
- 4.4 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- Unknown
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2015
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Kepler
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.