The Kepler-129 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 1333.47 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.18 solar masses |
Radius | 1.65 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5770 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.29 decimal exponent |
Age | 6.43 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-129 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.
Mass | 20.000 Earth masses |
Density | 8.100 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.400 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.13 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.01 |
Orbital Period | 15.790 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-129 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 | 43.000 Earth masses |
Density | 14.800 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.520 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.39 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.2 |
Orbital Period | 82.200 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 50 Earth masses, Kepler-129 d is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 2637.976 Earth masses |
Density | 7.250 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.600 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 4 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.15 |
Orbital Period | 2646.000 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | W. M. Keck Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 10 m Keck I Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HIRES Spectrometer |
Discovery Date | 2021-09 |
Reference | Zhang et al. 2021 |