Exoplanet
The first unambiguously rocky planet found by the Kepler mission, circling its star in only 20 hours with a likely molten surface.
| Type | Exoplanet |
|---|---|
| Orbits | Kepler-10 |
| Distance from Earth | 608 ly |
| Diameter | 18,731 km |
| Mass | 1.93 × 10^25 kg |
| Temperature | 1,896°C |
| Orbital period | 1 days |
| Discovered | 2011 |
At 18,731 km across, Kepler-10b is 1.5 times the diameter of Earth.
Its mass is 3.2 times the mass of Earth.
A single orbit takes 20.1 hours.
The light reaching us from Kepler-10b tonight left it around 608 years ago.
An average temperature of 2,169 K works out at 1,896 degrees Celsius, warmer than the 15 degrees Earth averages.
It has been on record since 2011.
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