Finding Earth 2.0
Kepler-16

Kepler-16 b

Rank #590 of the ranked catalogue · Discovered by Transit in 2011

HZ 0%measured

0.112

Earth-2.0 index

0.387

Earth Similarity Index

0%

Habitable-zone probability

8.45 R⊕

Radius

Planet

Mass105.833 M⊕measured
Bulk density0.964 g/cm³
Orbital period228.7760 days
Semi-major axis0.70480 au
Eccentricity0.007
Incident flux0.252 S⊕
Equilibrium temperature180.0 K
Maximum angular separation9.39 masReflected-light contrast 2.49e-8 at Aᵍ = 0.30 and Lambertian quadrature.
Composite parameter sources5 · mixedThe archive may select different publications for different parameters; mixed-source is disclosed, not automatically penalised.
Default-solution coverage83%0% median composite-to-default difference over shared parameters.

Host star & system

HostKepler-16
Spectral typeK
Effective temperature4450 K
Radius0.649 R☉
Mass0.690 M☉
Distance75.1 pc / 244.9 ly
DiscoveryTransit, 2011