The Kepler-1073 system is known to contain 2 exoplanets in orbit around it. It is located 2641.53 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1 solar masses |
Radius | 1 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5792 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0 Decimal exponent |
Age | 3.72 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-1073 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 in our solar system.
Mass | 5.900 Earth masses |
Density | 2.660 Grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.300 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0805 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 8.679 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 3.339 Earth masses, Kepler-1073 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. No Super Earths are known to exist in our solar system, but if it exists, the so-called Planet Nine could very well be a super Earth, as it is hypothesized to have a mass between five and ten Earth masses.
Mass | 3.330 Earth masses |
Density | 4.150 Grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.640 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0483 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.026 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 |