The Kepler-127 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 1150.66 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.27 solar masses |
Radius | 1.36 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6106 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.214 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.63 billion years |
At 2.544 Earth masses, Kepler-127 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 | 2.540 Earth masses |
Density | 5.090 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.400 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.125 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.47 |
Orbital Period | 14.436 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-127 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 | 7.560 Earth masses |
Density | 2.210 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.660 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.2 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.03 |
Orbital Period | 29.393 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-127 d 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 | 7.460 Earth masses |
Density | 2.230 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.640 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.28 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.03 |
Orbital Period | 48.630 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 |