How far away is Kepler 20e from Earth?
How far away is Kepler 20e from Earth?
Kepler-20 e. Kepler-20 e is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-20, located about 921.4 light-years (282.5 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2011.
How far is Kepler 18 from Earth?
The star Kepler-18 islocated about 1430.2 light-years (438.5 pc) away from our Solar System.
How old is Kepler 20e?
Kepler-20e is an exoplanet orbiting Kepler-20. The planet is notable as it is the first planet with a smaller radius than Earth found orbiting a Sun-like star….Kepler-20e.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovery date | 20 December 2011 |
| Detection method | Transit (Kepler Mission) |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Semi-major axis | 0.0507 AU (7,580,000 km) |
How far is Kepler from Earth?
1,402 light yearsKepler-452b / Distance to Earth
Kepler-452b is 1,800 light-years (550 parsecs) from Earth. The fastest current spacecraft, the New Horizons uncrewed probe that passed Pluto in July 2015, travels at just 56,628 km/h (15,730 m/s; 35,187 mph; 0.00037853 AU/h).
What is the closest Kepler planet to Earth?
Kepler-186f
The nearest-to-Earth-size planet in a habitable zone previously known was Kepler-62f with 1.4 Earth radii. Kepler-186f orbits an M-dwarf star, while Kepler-62f orbits a K-type star.
How far away is Kepler-22b?
587.1 light yearsKepler-22b / Distance to Earth
Kepler-22b is located 600 light-years away. While the planet is larger than Earth, its orbit of 290 days around a sun-like star resembles that of our world. The planet’s host star belongs to the same class as our sun, called G-type, although it is slightly smaller and cooler.
How long would it take to get to Kepler 22?
This week astronomers announced planet Kepler 22-b lying 600 light years or 3,527,175,223,910,165 or three and a half quadrillion miles away and 2.4 times the size of the earth. Using a space shuttle, it would take 23.4 million years to reach it.