The Kepler-1042 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 2149.37 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.75 solar masses |
Radius | 0.72 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4815 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.1 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.79 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-1042 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 | 5.430 Earth masses |
Density | 2.840 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.190 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0756 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 10.132 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 |