The Kepler-1223 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1500.18 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.8 solar masses |
Radius | 0.75 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4870 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.04 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.63 billion years |
At 1.984 Earth masses, Kepler-1223 b 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 | 1.980 Earth masses |
Density | 5.990 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.220 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1186 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 16.301 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2016-05 |
Reference | Morton et al. 2016 |