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Uncommon exoplanet 32 EP

Kepler-1660 AB b

RA 290.5520° · Dec 40.2350° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 5 badges
32 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Circumbinary (orbits both stars) +14
  • Distant (over 1,000 light-years) +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
  • Circumbinary (orbits both stars) · +14
  • Found by Kepler · +3

Trivia

What it actually is

  • 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.

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 13.6 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.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 68.1 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 6.1 million years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

circumbinary
yes
density gcc
4.06
diameter km
164554.98
discovery facility
Kepler
discovery method
Eclipse Timing Variations
discovery year
2023
dist ly
3876.4945
eccentricity
0.0554
eq temp k
415.08
host star teff
6305.24
inclination
86.31
insolation
7.2787
mag
13.595
mass earth
1586.5994
name
Kepler-1660 AB b
orbital period days
239.5044
radius earth
12.9
semi major au
0.8
spect
F7 V
sys num planets
1
sys num stars
2

About Kepler-1660 AB b

Kepler-1660 AB b is an uncommon exoplanet. It lies about 3,876.5 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 13.6, has spectral type F7 V and has an equilibrium temperature near 415 K.

Its density says rock, though lighter than Earth's mix: probably less iron, or a thick shell of water and ice over the top.

How to see it

At apparent magnitude 13.6, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, Kepler-1660 AB 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 Kepler-1660 AB b is an uncommon exoplanet

Kepler-1660 AB b 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 5 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Gas giant, Circumbinary (orbits both stars) and Found by Kepler — 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.