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CONFIRMED EXOPLANET · Neptune-like

Kepler-1985 b

Kepler-1985 b orbits the star Kepler-1985. It completes an orbit in 3.421 Earth days.

DISCOVERED 2023 · Transit

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Kepler-1985 b
ORBITAL VISUALISATION
Neptune-likePlanet type

Size-based classification; composition may be uncertain.

2.27 × Earth’s radiusSize

Around 127% wider than Earth.

3.421 daysYear length

Time to complete one orbit.

2023Discovered

Transit

Overview

Kepler-1985 b is one of the confirmed worlds in the NASA Exoplanet Archive. Recorded as discovered in 2023. The credited discovery facility is Kepler. Its Transit evidence gives us a way to study a planet that is usually too faint to see directly.

Its recorded radius is 2.27 times Earth's radius. Size is useful for comparison, but it cannot establish surface conditions by itself.

The planet

The archive lists a mass or minimum-mass value of 5.77 Earth masses (M-R relationship). Radius: 2.27 Earth radii.

Mass and radius constrain possible interiors; multiple compositions can fit a given set of measurements.

Orbit & year

A year here lasts 3.421 Earth days. Its recorded semi-major axis is 0.043 AU. One AU is roughly the Earth–Sun distance.

Eccentricity: 0. Zero describes a circular orbit; increasing values describe more elongated ellipses.

Host star

Kepler-1985.

Effective temperature: 5,370 K.

Mass: 0.88 times the Sun’s mass.

Planetary system

1 confirmed planets are stored for this star.

Kepler-1985 b · 3.421-day orbit

Discovery

Reported discovery year: 2023. Method: Transit. Facility: Kepler.

First stored in this atlas: 04/10/2026. This is an ingestion date, not a confirmation date.

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Potential habitability

The data here does not establish habitability, liquid water, or life. An appropriate atmosphere and many other conditions would be needed.

The listed equilibrium temperature is 1,129 K. This is an estimated energy-balance temperature, not a measured surface temperature.

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What do we actually know?

Observed

The underlying light, motion or timing signal. Usually not a photograph of the planet.

Measured

Parameters derived from observations, with instrument and model uncertainty.

Calculated

Our light-year conversion and browsing class are calculated from archive values.

Estimated

Equilibrium temperature is an energy-balance estimate, not surface weather.

Inferred

Possible composition depends on models and may not be unique.

Unknown

Surface conditions and the presence of life are not established here.

Measured signals are interpreted through models. The archive’s composite table combines published values and may include calculated estimates. Values do not necessarily form one self-consistent solution.

Radius and mass can be estimated or inferred, orbital period comes from recurring observations, and size classification is calculated by this site. Atmospheric and surface conditions remain unknown unless established by specific observations.

Consult the archive for individual parameter references and uncertainty intervals before scientific use.

Scientific data

Radius2.27 Earth radii
Mass / minimum mass5.77 Earth masses (M-R relationship)
Orbital period3.42065 Earth days
Semi-major axis0.0426 AU
Eccentricity0
Equilibrium temperature1,129 K · estimated, not surface temperature
Host star temperature5,370 K
Host star mass0.877 Solar masses
Host star radius0.966 Solar radii
Discovery year2,023
Discovery methodTransit
Discovery facilityKepler
Discovery publication2023-07

Uncertainties and parameter provenance

Archive uncertainty ranges and published references, where available. A missing uncertainty does not imply an exact value.

ParameterUncertainty / source
Radius+0.25 / -0.22Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table
Mass / minimum massUpper uncertainty unavailable / Lower uncertainty unavailableCalculated Value
Orbital period+0.00002 / -0.00002Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table
Equilibrium temperatureUpper uncertainty unavailable / Lower uncertainty unavailableQ1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table

Sources

NASA Exoplanet Archive · Planetary Systems Composite Parameters (PSCompPars).

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Last changed in this atlas: 04/10/2026, 11:39:41. Read our methodology.

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