Kepler-55 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-55.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 2.4 times Earth's width.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 28 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 2.43 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 27.95 days
- Average distance from its star
- Unknown
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-55
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,362 K
- Radius
- 0.58 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.62 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,888 light-years (578.8 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.