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Planets/Exoplanets/Kepler-487 b

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

Kepler-487 b

Orbiting Kepler-487

Discovered in 2016 using Transit. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

Generic gas giant catalog artwork; not a direct image of Kepler-487 b — Generic category artwork—not a direct imageApex Andromeda catalog artwork

Discovery: 2,016
Method: Transit
Radius: 11.42 R⊕
Mass: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Orbit: 15.358768 days
Distance: 872.343 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: 15.358768 days
Semi-major axis: 0.11819 AU
Eccentricity: 0
Radius: 11.42 Earth radii
Mass: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Mass provenance: Msini
Density: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Equilibrium temperature: 662 K
Insolation: 51.492 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: Kepler-487
Stars in system: 1
Known planets in system: 3
Spectral type: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Stellar temperature: 5,444 K
Stellar radius: 0.88 R☉
Stellar mass: 0.91 M☉
Stellar metallicity: 0 dex
Stellar age: 5.62 Gyr
Distance: 872.343 parsecs
Right ascension: 19h41m08.94s
Declination: +41d13m19.21s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Transit
Discovery year: 2,016
Publication date: 2016-05
Discovery locale: Space
Facility: Kepler
Telescope: 0.95 m Kepler Telescope
Instrument: Kepler CCD Array
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

Visual archive

Gallery

One image from Kepler-487 b.

Generic gas giant catalog artwork; not a direct image of Kepler-487 b — Apex Andromeda catalog artwork