Finding Earth 2.0
Kepler-9

Kepler-9 b

Rank #2982 of the ranked catalogue · Discovered by Transit in 2010

HZ 0%measured

0.088

Earth-2.0 index

0.190

Earth Similarity Index

0%

Habitable-zone probability

8.29 R⊕

Radius

Planet

Mass43.400 M⊕measured
Bulk density0.420 g/cm³
Orbital period19.2389 days
Semi-major axis0.14300 au
Eccentricity0.061
Incident flux48.229 S⊕
Equilibrium temperature669.9 K
Transit-time σ at 203099.5 minLinear propagation of published epoch and period errors; not a ranking input.
Maximum angular separation0.23 masReflected-light contrast 5.83e-7 at Aᵍ = 0.30 and Lambertian quadrature.
Composite parameter sources4 · 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-9
Spectral typeG
Effective temperature5774 K
Radius0.958 R☉
Mass1.022 M☉
Distance628.3 pc / 2049.1 ly
DiscoveryTransit, 2010