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0.27±0.13

Discovery status
  
Confirmed

Discovery date
  
2015

Kepler-445d

Discovery site
  
Kepler Space Observatory

Kepler-445d is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf Kepler-445 every 8 days in the circumstellar habitable zone. It has a surface temperature of 305 K (32 °C; 89 °F) making it suitable for life. PHL has currently not assessed the planet for habitability.

Physical characteristics

Kepler-445d is only slightly larger than the Earth, with a radius of 1.25 R⊕. According to PHL's calculators, the mass required for the planet to have the same density as the Earth is around 2 M⊕.

References

Kepler-445d Wikipedia


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