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CONFIRMED EXOPLANET · Gas Giant

Kepler-487 b

Orbits Host Star: Kepler-487 · Distance: 2845.200 Light-Years (872.343 pc)
Planetary Radius
11.420 R⊕
Planetary Mass
Surface Gravity
Equilibrium Temp
662K (+389°C / +732°F)
Orbital Period
15.359 days
Discovery Year
2016 (Transit)

Habitability Assessment

⚠️ Thermal Exclusions: High equilibrium temperature (662 K · +389°C / +732°F) places this world well interior to the runaway greenhouse threshold.

Discovery Facility: Kepler.

Other Worlds in the Kepler-487 System (2)

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