The Kepler-120 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 1267.54 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.65 solar masses |
Radius | 0.53 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4096 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.12 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.63 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-120 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 | 8.500 Earth masses |
Density | 4.700 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.150 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.055 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 6.313 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 2.957 Earth masses, Kepler-120 c is a so called Super Earth. Super Earths could be terrestrial worlds like Earth, but they could also be ocean worlds or terrestrial worlds wrapped in a substantial atmosphere, in which case some refer to them as Mini Neptunes.
Mass | 2.960 Earth masses |
Density | 4.540 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.530 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.088 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 12.795 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 |