Kepler-45 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-45.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 11 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 160 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 727 °C (1,340 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.5 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 10.76 × Earth
- Mass
- 160.5 × Earth
- Density
- 0.8 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,000 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 2.455 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.03 AU
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-45
- Spectral class
- M — red dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 3,820 K
- Radius
- 0.55 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.59 × Sun
- Age
- 0.5 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,246 light-years (381.9 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.