Kepler-69 c
Sign in to saveKepler-69c (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-172.02) is a confirmed super-Earth exoplanet, likely rocky, orbiting the Sun-like star Kepler-69, the outermore of two such planets discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft. It is located about 2,430 light-years (746 parsecs) from Earth.
Key facts
- Planet.name
- Kepler-69c
- Planet.image
- File:Kepler-69 and the Solar System.jpg
- Planet.caption
- Artist's impression of the Kepler-69 system (sizes to scale) compared to the planets of the inner Solar System with their respective habitable zones.
- Planet.discoverer
- Kepler spacecraft
- Planet.discovered
- 18 April 2013
- Planet.discovery_method
- Transit (Kepler Mission Method)
- Planet.apsis
- astron
- Planet.semimajor
- AU
- Planet.period
- d
- Planet.star
- Kepler-69
- Planet.mass
- 2.14
- Planet.density
- 2.36 g cm–3
- Planet.surface_grav
- 0.73 g
- Planet.single_temperature
- Teq: Surface:
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Physical characteristics
- Mass, radius and temperature
- Host star
- Orbit
- Proposed habitability
- Discovery
- See also
- References
- Notes
- External links
Kepler-69c (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-172.02) is a confirmed super-Earth exoplanet, likely rocky, orbiting the Sun-like star Kepler-69, the outermore of two such planets discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft. It is located about 2,430 light-years (746 parsecs) from Earth.
Kepler-69c orbits its star at a distance of from its host star with an orbital period of roughly 242.46 days, has a mass at least 2.14 times that of Earth, and has a radius of around 2.2 times that of Earth. Initial findings found that it could possibly be habitable, however updated analysis shows that Kepler-69c resides in the inner edge of the habitable zone or even outside of habitable zone, and thus is highly likely to resemble the planet Venus with temperatures and conditions far too hot to sustain any life, making it uninhabitable.