The Kepler-116 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 3115.34 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.21 solar masses |
Radius | 1.45 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6142 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.04 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.34 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-116 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 | 11.600 Earth masses |
Density | 1.590 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.420 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.069 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 5.969 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-116 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 | 5.900 Earth masses |
Density | 2.660 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.300 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.116 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 13.072 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 |