The Kepler-1459 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1485.57 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.78 solar masses |
Radius | 0.74 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4828 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.01 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.89 billion years |
At 2.420 Earth masses, Kepler-1459 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 | 2.420 Earth masses |
Density | 5.290 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.360 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.2829 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 62.869 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 |