The Kepler-117 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 4747.43 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.13 solar masses |
Radius | 1.61 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6150 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.04 decimal exponent |
Age | 5.3 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-117 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 | 29.875 Earth masses |
Density | 0.300 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 8.059 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1445 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.0493 |
Orbital Period | 18.796 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 50 Earth masses, Kepler-117 c is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 584.780 Earth masses |
Density | 1.740 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.341 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.2804 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.0323 |
Orbital Period | 50.790 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 |