The Kepler-123 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 3332.21 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.01 solar masses |
Radius | 1.26 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6089 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.03 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.48 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-123 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 55.300 Earth masses |
Density | 12.000 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.940 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.135 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 17.232 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 2.795 Earth masses, Kepler-123 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 | 2.790 Earth masses |
Density | 4.730 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.480 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.181 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 26.695 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 |