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Trash exoplanet 11 EP

Kepler-138 e

RA 290.3814° · Dec 43.2931° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 2 badges
11 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Multi-planet system +6
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
Total score 11

4 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • Multi-planet system · +6

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. Its density says rock, though lighter than Earth's mix: probably less iron, or a thick shell of water and ice over the top.
  • Crowded system. One of at least 4 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 13 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. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Properties

density gcc
4.67
diameter km
10166.6914
discovery facility
Multiple Observatories
discovery method
Transit Timing Variations
discovery year
2022
dist ly
218.0757
eccentricity
0.112
eq temp k
292
host star teff
3841
inclination
88.53
insolation
1.73
mag
13.04
mass earth
0.43
name
Kepler-138 e
orbital period days
38.23
radius earth
0.797
semi major au
0.1803
spect
M1 V
sys num planets
4
sys num stars
1

About Kepler-138 e

Kepler-138 e is a trash exoplanet. It lies about 218.1 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 13.04, has spectral type M1 V and has an equilibrium temperature near 292 K.

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 13.04, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, Kepler-138 e 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-138 e is a trash exoplanet

Kepler-138 e scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 2 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet and Multi-planet system — 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.