Kepler-20 c · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

Kepler-20 c is a mini-neptune orbiting Kepler-20, completing an orbit every 11 days, about 922 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2011 using the transit method.

Host star

Kepler-20

Temperature

5,495 K

Mass

0.929 M☉

Planetary system — Kepler-20 system

View the Kepler-20 system (6 known planets).

Planet	Class	Radius (R⊕)	Period (d)	Distance (ly)
Kepler-20 bTransit · 2011	Super-Earth	1.77	3.6961	922
Kepler-20 eTransit · 2011	Terrestrial planet	0.82	6.0985	922
Kepler-20 cTransit · 2011	Mini-Neptune	2.89	10.8541	922
Kepler-20 fTransit · 2011	Terrestrial planet	0.95	19.5783	922
Kepler-20 gRadial Velocity · 2016	Mini-Neptune	4.71	34.94	922
Kepler-20 dTransit · 2011	Mini-Neptune	2.61	77.6115	922

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Transit Method

Discovery year

2011

Discovered at

Kepler Space Telescope

Knowledge connections

OrbitsKepler-20
Member of systemKepler-20 system
Discovered by methodTransit Method
Discovered by missionKepler Space Telescope
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

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