About this world
KIC 10001893 b is a planet orbiting KIC 10001893, a hot blue star 5.46 thousand light-years from Earth. It completes an orbit every 5.27 hours at 0.0055 AU from its star, closer than Mercury is to the Sun.
Its equilibrium temperature is about 8,529 K (8,256 °C): far too hot for liquid water on its surface.
It was discovered in 2014 by other methods with Kepler. Astrometry, orbital brightness modulation and disk kinematics. KIC 10001893 has 3 known planets; the others are KIC 10001893 c and KIC 10001893 d.