Kepler-48 d · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

Kepler-48 d is a super-earth orbiting Kepler-48, completing an orbit every 43 days, about 1001 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2014 using the transit method.

Host star

Kepler-48

Temperature

5,194 K

Mass

0.88 M☉

Planetary system — Kepler-48 system

View the Kepler-48 system (5 known planets).

Planet	Class	Radius (R⊕)	Period (d)	Distance (ly)
Kepler-48 bTransit · 2012	Super-Earth	1.88	4.778	1001
Kepler-48 cTransit · 2012	Mini-Neptune	2.71	9.674	1001
Kepler-48 dTransit · 2014	Super-Earth	2.04	42.8961	1001
Kepler-48 eRadial Velocity · 2014	Gas giant	13.4	982	1001
Kepler-48 fRadial Velocity · 2023	Gas giant	13.8	5220	1001

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Transit Method

Discovery year

2014

Discovered at

Kepler Space Telescope

Knowledge connections

OrbitsKepler-48
Member of systemKepler-48 system
Discovered by methodTransit Method
Discovered by missionKepler Space Telescope
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

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