The Kepler-130 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 1032.82 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.96 solar masses |
Radius | 1.13 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5884 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.199 decimal exponent |
Age | 5.89 billion years |
At less than 1.5 Earth masses, Kepler-130 b is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 1.040 Earth masses |
Density | 5.390 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.020 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.079 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.15 |
Orbital Period | 8.457 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-130 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 | 8.750 Earth masses |
Density | 1.970 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.900 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.178 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 27.509 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 3.339 Earth masses, Kepler-130 d 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 | 3.330 Earth masses |
Density | 4.150 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.640 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.377 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.8 |
Orbital Period | 87.518 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 |