Finding Earth 2.0
Kepler-8

Kepler-8 b

Rank #5449 of the ranked catalogue · Discovered by Transit in 2010

HZ 0%measured

0.058

Earth-2.0 index

0.057

Earth Similarity Index

0%

Habitable-zone probability

15.87 R⊕

Radius

Planet

Mass187.520 M⊕measured
Bulk density0.270 g/cm³
Orbital period3.5225 days
Semi-major axis0.04740 au
Eccentricity0.000
Incident flux1444.881 S⊕
Equilibrium temperature1567.2 K
Transit-time σ at 20302.2 minLinear propagation of published epoch and period errors; not a ranking input.
Maximum angular separation0.05 masReflected-light contrast 1.95e-5 at Aᵍ = 0.30 and Lambertian quadrature.
Composite parameter sources6 · 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-8
Spectral typeF
Effective temperature6213 K
Radius1.486 R☉
Mass1.213 M☉
Distance1021.9 pc / 3332.9 ly
DiscoveryTransit, 2010