Kepler-68 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-68.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 2.4 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 8 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,002 °C (1,835 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 441 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 5.4 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 2.357 × Earth
- Mass
- 8.03 × Earth
- Density
- 3.37 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,275 K
- Starlight received
- 441 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 5.399 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.06135 AU
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-68
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,847 K
- Radius
- 1.256 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.057 × Sun
- Age
- 6.84 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 470.2 light-years (144.2 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 4
Discovery
- Year
- 2013
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Kepler
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.