Kepler-68 c
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-68.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 98% of Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 1.3 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 779 °C (1,434 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 204 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 9.6 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 0.979 × Earth
- Mass
- 1.3 × Earth
- Density
- 7.5 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,052 K
- Starlight received
- 204 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 9.605 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.09008 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.