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Uncommon exoplanet 32 EP

Kepler-30 c

RA 285.2836° · Dec 38.9473° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 6 badges
32 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Orbits a Sun-like star +8
  • Distant (over 1,000 light-years) +6
  • Multi-planet system +6
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
  • Gas giant +4
  • Found by Kepler +3
Total score 32

2 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • Distant (over 1,000 light-years) · +6
  • Gas giant · +4
  • Multi-planet system · +6
  • Found by Kepler · +3
  • Orbits a Sun-like star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Hugging its star. It orbits closer to its star than Mercury does to the Sun, completing a lap in less time than Mercury takes.
  • What it is made of. Too light to be solid rock and too heavy to be all gas: most likely a deep global ocean or a thick steamy envelope over a rocky core.
  • Crowded system. One of at least 3 planets orbiting its star.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 15.7 it is far too faint for the eye: this one belongs to cameras and long exposures.
  • Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around July — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Impossible with our current technology — and the next millennium of it.

Properties

density gcc
1.88
diameter km
156901.26
discovery facility
Kepler
discovery method
Transit
discovery year
2012
dist ly
2981.7866
eccentricity
0.0111
eq temp k
411
host star teff
5498
inclination
90.3227
insolation
6.217
mag
15.726
mass earth
640
name
Kepler-30 c
orbital period days
60.3231
radius earth
12.3
semi major au
0.3
sys num planets
3
sys num stars
1

About Kepler-30 c

Kepler-30 c is an uncommon exoplanet. It lies about 2,981.8 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 15.73, has an equilibrium temperature near 411 K and spans roughly 12.3 Earth radii.

It orbits closer to its star than Mercury does to the Sun, completing a lap in less time than Mercury takes.

How to see it

At apparent magnitude 15.73, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, Kepler-30 c is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.

Why Kepler-30 c is an uncommon exoplanet

Kepler-30 c scores 32 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 6 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Gas giant, Multi-planet system, Found by Kepler and Orbits a Sun-like star — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.