Kepler-48 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-48.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 1.9 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 3.9 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 4.8 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 1.88 × Earth
- Mass
- 3.94 × Earth
- Density
- 3.23 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 4.778 days
- Average distance from its star
- Unknown
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-48
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 5,194 K
- Radius
- 0.89 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.88 × Sun
- Age
- 3.14 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,000 light-years (306.7 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 5
Discovery
- Year
- 2012
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Kepler
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.