The Kepler-1038 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 1905.19 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.87 solar masses |
Radius | 0.83 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5335 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.04 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.27 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-1038 b 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 | 12.200 Earth masses |
Density | 1.520 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.530 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.5238 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 148.460 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2016-05 |
Reference | Morton et al. 2016 |
At 2.595 Earth masses, Kepler-1038 c 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 | 2.590 Earth masses |
Density | 5.010 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.416 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0692 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 7.128 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2022-02 |
Reference | Valizadegan et al. 2022 |