The Kepler-1079 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1927.90 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.08 solar masses |
Radius | 1.36 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5758 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.21 decimal exponent |
Age | 6.61 billion years |
At 3.307 Earth masses, Kepler-1079 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 | 3.290 Earth masses |
Density | 4.170 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.630 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1092 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 13.245 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 |