Kepler-44 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-44.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 12 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 318 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,271 °C (2,320 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3.2 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 12.22 × Earth
- Mass
- 317.8 × Earth
- Density
- 0.93 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,544 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.247 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0446 AU
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-44
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,800 K
- Radius
- 1.35 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.12 × Sun
- Age
- 5.8 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 3,875 light-years (1,188 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.