Finding Earth 2.0
Kepler-279

Kepler-279 b

Rank #5606 of the ranked catalogue · Discovered by Transit in 2014

HZ 0%upper limit

0.049

Earth-2.0 index

0.055

Earth Similarity Index

0%

Habitable-zone probability

3.62 R⊕

Radius

Planet

Mass4180.930 M⊕upper limit
Bulk density165.000 g/cm³
Orbital period12.3097 days
Semi-major axis0.11200 au
Eccentricity0.000
Incident flux249.021 S⊕
Equilibrium temperature1009.8 K
Transit-time σ at 203045.1 minLinear propagation of published epoch and period errors; not a ranking input.
Maximum angular separation0.11 masReflected-light contrast 1.81e-7 at Aᵍ = 0.30 and Lambertian quadrature.
Composite parameter sources8 · mixedThe archive may select different publications for different parameters; mixed-source is disclosed, not automatically penalised.
Default-solution coverage50%0% median composite-to-default difference over shared parameters.

Host star & system

HostKepler-279
Spectral typeF
Effective temperature6363 K
Radius1.746 R☉
Mass1.200 M☉
Distance1037.4 pc / 3383.5 ly
DiscoveryTransit, 2014