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Epic exoplanet 54 EP

KIC 3526061 b

RA 285.1864° · Dec 38.6111° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 5 badges
54 pts · Epic
Epic 78 pts → Anomaly
  • In the habitable zone +30
  • Eccentric orbit +9
  • Distant (over 1,000 light-years) +6
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
  • Gas giant +4
Total score 54

24 more points to reach Anomaly.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • Distant (over 1,000 light-years) · +6
  • In the habitable zone · +30
  • Gas giant · +4
  • Eccentric orbit · +9

Trivia

What makes it special

  • Goldilocks zone. Sits where it's neither too hot nor too cold — liquid water could exist on a surface here.

Hard to believe

  • Denser than iron. It is packed tighter than solid iron — whatever it is made of, it is not ordinary rock.

What it actually is

  • What it is made of. Denser than Earth — a solid world of rock and iron, with no meaningful atmosphere to speak of by mass.
  • What the zone means. The habitable zone is only about temperature: it is the band where liquid water could survive on a surface. It is a promising address, not evidence of anything living.

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 10.4 you'll want a small backyard telescope.
  • 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.

Properties

density gcc
17.9
diameter km
154350.02
discovery facility
McDonald Observatory
discovery method
Radial Velocity
discovery year
2022
dist ly
1308.6325
eccentricity
0.85
eq temp k
248.63
habitable zone
yes
host star teff
4829
insolation
0.6208
mag
10.372
mass earth
5768.5856
name
KIC 3526061 b
orbital period days
3552
radius earth
12.1
semi major au
5.14
sys num planets
1
sys num stars
1

About KIC 3526061 b

KIC 3526061 b is an epic exoplanet. It lies about 1,308.6 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 10.37, has an equilibrium temperature near 249 K and spans roughly 12.1 Earth radii.

Sits where it's neither too hot nor too cold — liquid water could exist on a surface here.

How to see it

At apparent magnitude 10.37, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, KIC 3526061 b 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 KIC 3526061 b is an epic exoplanet

KIC 3526061 b scores 54 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 24 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 5 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), In the habitable zone, Gas giant and Eccentric orbit — 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.