The Kepler-1266 system is known to contain 1 exoplanet in orbit around it. It is located 2770.08 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.8 solar masses |
Radius | 0.76 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5044 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.07 Decimal exponent |
Age | 5.13 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-1266 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 in our solar system.
Mass | 7.180 Earth masses |
Density | 2.300 Grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.580 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1689 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 28.475 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 |