The Kepler-115 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 2033.94 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.07 solar masses |
Radius | 1.21 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5979 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.05 decimal exponent |
Age | 5.5 billion years |
At less than 1.5 Earth masses, Kepler-115 b is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 1.320 Earth masses |
Density | 5.600 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.090 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.036 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 2.404 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 more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-115 c 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 | 7.270 Earth masses |
Density | 2.270 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.600 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.087 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 8.991 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 |