The Kepler-114 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 846.48 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.77 solar masses |
Radius | 0.67 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4605 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.229 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.69 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-114 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.
Mass | 6.800 Earth masses |
Density | 18.700 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.260 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.053 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 5.189 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2014-03 |
Reference | Rowe et al. 2014 |
At 2.862 Earth masses, Kepler-114 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.
Mass | 2.800 Earth masses |
Density | 3.760 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.600 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.06482 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 8.041 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2014-02 |
Reference | Xie 2014 |
With a mass below 5 Earth masses, a density of 1.32, and a semi-major axis of 0.08358 astronomical units, Kepler-114 d could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 3.900 Earth masses |
Density | 1.320 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.530 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.08358 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 11.776 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2014-02 |
Reference | Xie 2014 |