Kepler-7 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-7.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 18 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 140 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,357 °C (2,474 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 4.9 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 18.18 × Earth
- Mass
- 140.2 × Earth
- Density
- 0.14 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,630 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 4.885 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.06067 AU
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-7
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,933 K
- Radius
- 1.966 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.359 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 3,009 light-years (922.6 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.