The Kepler-1138 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 2845.15 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.95 solar masses |
Radius | 0.92 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5582 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.04 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.37 billion years |
At 3.530 Earth masses, Kepler-1138 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 | 3.530 Earth masses |
Density | 3.950 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.700 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0415 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.171 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 |