The Kepler-121 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 1665.10 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.86 solar masses |
Radius | 0.7 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5311 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.08 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.5 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-121 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 | 6.080 Earth masses |
Density | 2.610 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.340 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.039 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.177 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-121 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 | 5.770 Earth masses |
Density | 2.710 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.270 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.216 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 41.008 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 |