Finding Earth 2.0
Kepler-26 · M0 V

Kepler-26 b

Rank #298 of the ranked catalogue · Discovered by Transit in 2011

HZ 0%measured

0.120

Earth-2.0 index

0.462

Earth Similarity Index

0%

Habitable-zone probability

2.78 R⊕

Radius

Planet

Mass5.120 M⊕measured
Bulk density1.260 g/cm³
Orbital period12.2800 days
Semi-major axis0.08551 au
Eccentricity0.021
Incident flux7.600 S⊕
Equilibrium temperature422.1 K
Transit-time σ at 2030212.1 minLinear propagation of published epoch and period errors; not a ranking input.
Maximum angular separation0.26 masReflected-light contrast 1.83e-7 at Aᵍ = 0.30 and Lambertian quadrature.
Composite parameter sources7 · mixedThe archive may select different publications for different parameters; mixed-source is disclosed, not automatically penalised.
Default-solution coverage75%0% median composite-to-default difference over shared parameters.

Host star & system

HostKepler-26
Spectral typeM0 V
Effective temperature3914 K
Radius0.512 R☉
Mass0.544 M☉
Distance335.3 pc / 1093.6 ly
DiscoveryTransit, 2011