CONFIRMED EXOPLANET
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Gas Giant
Kepler-48 e
Orbits Host Star: Kepler-48
· Distance: 1000.400 Light-Years (306.738 pc)
Planetary Radius
13.400 R⊕
Planetary Mass
657.000 M⊕
Surface Gravity
3.66 g / g⊕
Equilibrium Temp
171K (-102°C / -152°F)
Orbital Period
982 days
Discovery Year
2014 (Radial Velocity)
Habitability Assessment
❄️ Cryogenic Regime: At 171 K (-102°C / -152°F), surface volatiles would be frozen in a permanent snowball state without substantial internal geothermal or tidal heating.
Discovery Facility: W. M. Keck Observatory.
Other Worlds in the Kepler-48 System (4)
NASA EXOPLANET ARCHIVE COMPOSITE PARAMETERS