The Kepler-1048 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1813.45 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.75 solar masses |
Radius | 0.7 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4651 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.01 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.98 billion years |
At 3.212 Earth masses, Kepler-1048 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 | 3.220 Earth masses |
Density | 4.240 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.610 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.059 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 6.921 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 |