The Kepler-1279 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 4873.49 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.21 solar masses |
Radius | 1.33 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6221 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.06 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.82 billion years |
At 3.721 Earth masses, Kepler-1279 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 | 3.710 Earth masses |
Density | 3.800 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.750 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1633 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 23.477 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 |