Kepler-443b

Kepler-443b is an exoplanet about 2,540 light-years from Earth.[2] It has an 89.9 percent chance of being in the star's habitable zone, yet only a 4.9 percent chance of being rocky.[1]

Kepler-443b
Discovery
Discovered byGuillermo Torres et al.[1]
Discovery siteKepler
Discovery dateJanuary 7, 2015
Transit method
Orbital characteristics
0.495 AU (74,100,000 km)[1]
Eccentricity≥0.11[1]
177.6693[1] d
Inclination89.94[1]
JD 2455630.2460[1]
StarKepler-443
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
2.33[1] R🜨

    Characteristics

    Mass, radius and temperature

    Kepler-443b has a mass of 6.04 Earth masses,[3] a radius of 2.33 Earth radii[2] and a temperature of 247 kelvin.[2]

    Host star

    Kepler-443b orbits a K-type star called Kepler-443, 2541 light-years away.[2]

    Orbit

    Kepler-443b takes 177.6693 days to orbit its star, with an inclination of 89.94°, a semimajor axis of 0.495 AU and an eccentricity of at least 0.11.[2]

    Habitability

    Kepler-443b may be habitable, but the planet has only a 4.9 percent chance of being rocky.[1] The planet is much more likely to be a water world or a Mini-Neptune.

    References
    1. Torres, Guillermo; Kipping, David M.; Fressin, Francois; Caldwell, Douglas A.; Twicken, Joseph D.; Ballard, Sarah; Batalha, Natalie M.; Bryson, Stephen T.; Ciardi, David R.; Henze, Christopher E.; Howell, Steve B.; Isaacson, Howard T.; Jenkins, Jon M.; Muirhead, Philip S.; Newton, Elisabeth R.; Petigura, Erik A.; Barclay, Thomas; Borucki, William J.; Crepp, Justin R.; Everett, Mark E.; Horch, Elliott P.; Howard, Andrew W.; Kolbl, Rea; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; McCauliff, Sean; Quintana, Elisa V. (2015). "Validation of 12 Smallkeplertransiting Planets in the Habitable Zone". The Astrophysical Journal. 800 (2): 99. arXiv:1501.01101. Bibcode:2015ApJ...800...99T. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/800/2/99. S2CID 8512655.
    2. "HEC: Data of Potentially Habitable Worlds". Planetary Habitability Laboratory. 15 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
    3. "Eyes on Exoplanets-Kepler-443b".
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