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  1. Kepler-37b - Wikipedia

    Kepler-37b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-37 in the constellation Lyra. [3] As of February 2013, it is the smallest planet discovered around a main-sequence star, with a radius slightly greater than …

  2. Kepler-37 b - NASA Science

    Nov 21, 2025 · Kepler-37 b is a terrestrial exoplanet that orbits a K-type star. Its mass is 0.79 Earths, it takes 13.4 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.1019 AU from its star. Its discovery was …

  3. Kepler-37 | NASA Exoplanet Archive

    Planet radius value/uncertainties provided via private communication. See literature discrepancies. (Stassun et al. 2017) Orbital period, transit mid-point, transit duration, Rp/Rs and their errors taken …

  4. Exoplanet: Kepler-37b - Science On a Sphere

    Jun 28, 2013 · Slightly larger than the Moon, but smaller than Mercury, Kepler-37b was, at the time of its discovery in 2012, the smallest exoplanet ever found. An exoplanet is any identified planet outside of …

  5. Exoplanet Kepler-37 b - Stellar Catalog

    Information about exoplanet Kepler-37 b, which orbits star Kepler-37 in distance of 208.8668 light years from the Sun. The planet is a Exoplanet with mass of 0.01 Earth masses.

  6. Kepler-37 b - exoplanetkyoto.org

    Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: Kepler-37 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-37, located about 213.3 light-years (65.4 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly …

  7. How small can a planet be? Meet Kepler‑37b - FreeAstroScience

    Nov 5, 2025 · Kepler‑37b is a sub‑Earth exoplanet with a radius about 0.31 times Earth’s, placing it between our Moon and Mercury in size, and earning its fame as one of the smallest planets ever …

  8. The Smallest Exoplanet Ever Found - WorldAtlas

    Nov 30, 2022 · The smallest exoplanet ever found is Kepler-37b, located 209-light years away. Kepler-37b is only 35% the size of Earth.

  9. Diminutive Discovery: Moon-Size Exoplanet Circling Sunlike Star ...

    Feb 20, 2013 · By observing the planet Kepler 37 b as it transited, or passed in front of its star, more than 50 times, Barclay and his colleague drew out a subtle but recurrent pattern. Every 13 days or so...

  10. Smallest exoplanet - Guinness World Records

    Kepler 37b is a planet orbiting the star Kepler 37, around 210 light years from Earth in the constellation of Lyra. Its discovery by NASA’s Kepler spacecraft was announced on 20 February 2013.