The Kepler-136 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 1372.52 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.2 solar masses |
Radius | 1.35 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6165 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.75 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-136 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 | 19.800 Earth masses |
Density | 12.600 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.050 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.106 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 11.579 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 |
With a mass below 5 Earth masses, a density of 3.22, and a semi-major axis of 0.133 astronomical units, Kepler-136 c could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 4.620 Earth masses |
Density | 3.220 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.990 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.133 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 16.399 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 |