Kepler-99 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting Kepler-99.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 1.5 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 6.2 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 4.6 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 1.48 × Earth
- Mass
- 6.15 × Earth
- Density
- 10.9 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 4.604 days
- Average distance from its star
- Unknown
Star
- Host star
- Kepler-99
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,782 K
- Radius
- 0.73 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.79 × Sun
- Age
- 1.47 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 679.6 light-years (208.4 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2014
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- Kepler
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.