The Kepler-1059 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 2326.04 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.75 solar masses |
Radius | 0.72 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4906 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.15 decimal exponent |
Age | 5.37 billion years |
At 3.657 Earth masses, Kepler-1059 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 | 3.640 Earth masses |
Density | 3.860 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.730 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.044 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.764 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 |