Kepler-22 b · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

Kepler-22 b is a super-earth orbiting Kepler-22, completing an orbit every 290 days, about 635 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2011 using the transit method.

Host star

Kepler-22

Spectral type

G5 V

Temperature

5,596 K

Mass

0.857 M☉

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Transit Method

Discovery year

2011

Discovered at

Kepler Space Telescope

Knowledge connections

Child ofKepler-22
OrbitsKepler-22
Discovered by methodTransit Method
Discovered by missionKepler Space Telescope
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

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