The Kepler-118 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 1872.88 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.81 solar masses |
Radius | 1.09 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5274 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.18 decimal exponent |
Age | 13.9 billion years |
With a mass below 5 Earth masses, a density of 3.28, and a semi-major axis of 0.073 astronomical units, Kepler-118 b could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 4.500 Earth masses |
Density | 3.280 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.960 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.073 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 7.518 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-118 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 | 45.700 Earth masses |
Density | 0.554 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 7.680 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.141 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 20.172 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 |