The Kepler-12 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 2874.69 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.17 solar masses |
Radius | 1.48 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5947 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.07 decimal exponent |
Age | 4 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-12 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 137.303 Earth masses |
Density | 0.110 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 19.661 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0553 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.438 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2011-11 |
Reference | Fortney et al. 2011 |