The Kepler-10 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 605.04 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.91 solar masses |
Radius | 1.06 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5627 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.15 decimal exponent |
Age | 9.12 billion years |
At 4.611 Earth masses, Kepler-10 b is a so called Super Earth. Super Earths could be terrestrial worlds like Earth, but they could also be ocean worlds or terrestrial worlds wrapped in a substantial atmosphere, in which case some refer to them as Mini Neptunes.
Mass | 4.609 Earth masses |
Density | 8.000 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.481 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0172 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.06 |
Orbital Period | 0.837 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2011-03 |
Reference | Batalha et al. 2011 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-10 c is an ice giant, a planet that is made up mostly of volatiles like water, amonia and methane, and enveloped by a dense hydrogen and helium atmosphere, much like Uranus and Neptune.
Mass | 7.370 Earth masses |
Density | 3.140 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.323 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.241 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.025 |
Orbital Period | 45.295 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2011-11 |
Reference | Fressin et al. 2011 |