CONFIRMED EXOPLANET · Super-Earth

Kepler-173 b

Orbits Host Star: Kepler-173 · Distance: 2717.400 Light-Years (833.165 pc)

Planetary Radius

1.290 R⊕

Planetary Mass

2.210 M⊕

Surface Gravity

1.33 g / g⊕

Equilibrium Temp

1179K (+906°C / +1663°F)

Orbital Period

4.264 days

Discovery Year

2014 (Transit)

Habitability Assessment

⚠️ Thermal Exclusions: High equilibrium temperature (1179 K · +906°C / +1663°F) places this world well interior to the runaway greenhouse threshold.

Discovery Facility: Kepler.

Other Worlds in the Kepler-173 System (1)

Kepler-173 c

Sub-Neptune · 8d

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