Kepler-85 d · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

Kepler-85 d is a terrestrial planet orbiting Kepler-85, completing an orbit every 18 days, about 2496 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2014 using the transit method.

Host star

Kepler-85

Temperature

5,436 K

Mass

0.947 M☉

Planetary system — Kepler-85 system

View the Kepler-85 system (4 known planets).

Planet	Class	Radius (R⊕)	Period (d)	Distance (ly)
Kepler-85 bTransit · 2012	Super-Earth	1.78	8.3	2496
Kepler-85 cTransit · 2012	Super-Earth	1.98	12.51	2496
Kepler-85 dTransit · 2014	Terrestrial planet	1.2	17.9132	2496
Kepler-85 eTransit · 2014	Terrestrial planet	1.27	25.2168	2496

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Transit Method

Discovery year

2014

Discovered at

Kepler Space Telescope

Knowledge connections

OrbitsKepler-85
Member of systemKepler-85 system
Discovered by methodTransit Method
Discovered by missionKepler Space Telescope
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

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