Kepler-186 f

Kepler-186 f Image

Description: Kepler-186f is an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the red dwarf star Kepler-186, the outermost of five such planets discovered around the star by NASA's Kepler space telescope. It is located about 580 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus.

Physical Properties

Mass (Jupiter mass): Unknown

Radius (Jupiter radius): 0.104 RJ

Density: 5.87 g/cm³

Equilibrium Temperature: 177.0 K

Orbital Parameters

Orbital Period: 129.9441 days

Semi-major Axis: 0.432 AU

Eccentricity: 0.04

Inclination: 89.96°

Host Star Properties

Host Star: Kepler-186

Spectral Type: M1

Temperature: 3755.0 K

Stellar Mass: 0.54 M

Stellar Radius: 0.52 R

Discovery Information

Planet Letter: f

Object ID: 3.4049

Host ID: 2.522334

Discovery Date: 2014-04

Discovery Year: 2014

Discovery Method: Transit

Discovery Locale: Space

Discovery Facility: Kepler

Discovery Instrument: Kepler CCD Array

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