Kepler-6 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-6.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 15 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 212 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,187 °C (2,168 °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
- 14.62 × Earth
- Mass
- 212.3 × Earth
- Density
- 0.4 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,460 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.235 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.04852 AU
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-6
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,647 K
- Radius
- 1.391 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.209 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,915 light-years (587 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2009
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Kepler
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.