Kepler-76 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-76.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 15 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 639 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,867 °C (3,392 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 1.5 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 15.24 × Earth
- Mass
- 638.8 × Earth
- Density
- 1.1 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 2,140 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 1.545 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0274 AU
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-76
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,409 K
- Radius
- 1.32 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.2 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 2,684 light-years (823 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2013
- Method
- Orbital Brightness Modulation
- Facility
- Kepler
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.