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CONFIRMED EXOPLANET · Gas giant

Kepler-432 c

Kepler-432 c orbits the star Kepler-432, 2,765.9 light-years from Earth. It completes an orbit in 406.2 Earth days.

DISCOVERED 2015 · Radial Velocity

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Kepler-432 c
ORBITAL VISUALISATION
Gas giantPlanet type

Size-based classification; composition may be uncertain.

13.3 × Earth’s radiusSize

Around 1,230% wider than Earth.

406.2 daysYear length

Time to complete one orbit.

2,765.9 light-yearsDistance

Its light travels for roughly 2,766 years to reach us.

2015Discovered

Radial Velocity

Overview

Kepler-432 c is one of the confirmed worlds in the NASA Exoplanet Archive. Recorded as discovered in 2015. The credited discovery facility is Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory. Its Radial Velocity evidence gives us a way to study a planet that is usually too faint to see directly.

Its recorded radius is 13.3 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 772.33 Earth masses (Msini). Radius: 13.3 Earth radii.

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

Orbit & year

A year here lasts 406.2 Earth days.

Eccentricity: 0.498. Zero describes a circular orbit; increasing values describe more elongated ellipses.

Host star

Kepler-432.

Effective temperature: 4,995 K.

Mass: 1.32 times the Sun’s mass.

Planetary system

2 confirmed planets are stored for this star.

Kepler-432 b · 52.501-day orbit

Kepler-432 c · 406.2-day orbit

Discovery

Reported discovery year: 2015. Method: Radial Velocity. Facility: Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory.

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.

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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

Radius13.3 Earth radii
Mass / minimum mass772.3269 Earth masses (Msini)
Orbital period406.2 Earth days
Eccentricity0.498
Host star temperature4,995 K
Host star mass1.32 Solar masses
Host star radius4.06 Solar radii
Distance848.023 parsecs
Discovery year2,015
Discovery methodRadial Velocity
Discovery facilityFred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
Discovery publication2015-04

Uncertainties and parameter provenance

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

ParameterUncertainty / source
RadiusUpper uncertainty unavailable / Lower uncertainty unavailableCalculated Value
Mass / minimum mass+69.9226 / -76.2792Quinn et al. 2015
Orbital period+3.9 / -2.5Quinn et al. 2015

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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