CONFIRMED EXOPLANET · Gas Giant

Kepler-87 b

Orbits Host Star: Kepler-87 · Distance: 4021.200 Light-Years (1232.900 pc)

Planetary Radius

13.490 R⊕

Planetary Mass

324.200 M⊕

Surface Gravity

1.78 g / g⊕

Equilibrium Temp

478K (+205°C / +401°F)

Orbital Period

114.736 days

Discovery Year

2013 (Transit)

Habitability Assessment

⚠️ Thermal Exclusions: High equilibrium temperature (478 K · +205°C / +401°F) places this world well interior to the runaway greenhouse threshold.

Discovery Facility: Kepler.

Other Worlds in the Kepler-87 System (1)

Kepler-87 c

Gas Giant · 191.2d

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