Kepler-68 c · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

Kepler-68 c is a terrestrial planet orbiting Kepler-68, completing an orbit every 10 days, about 470 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2013 using the transit method.

Host star

Kepler-68

Temperature

5,847 K

Mass

1.057 M☉

Planetary system — Kepler-68 system

View the Kepler-68 system (4 known planets).

Planet	Class	Radius (R⊕)	Period (d)	Distance (ly)
Kepler-68 bTransit · 2013	Super-Earth	2.36	5.3988	470
Kepler-68 cTransit · 2013	Terrestrial planet	0.98	9.605	470
Kepler-68 dRadial Velocity · 2013	Gas giant	13.9	633	470
Kepler-68 eRadial Velocity · 2023	Gas giant	11.2	3455	470

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Transit Method

Discovery year

2013

Discovered at

Kepler Space Telescope

Knowledge connections

OrbitsKepler-68
Member of systemKepler-68 system
Discovered by methodTransit Method
Discovered by missionKepler Space Telescope
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

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