The Kepler-148 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 2580.43 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.86 solar masses |
Radius | 0.85 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5272 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.14 decimal exponent |
Age | 11.2 billion years |
At 3.911 Earth masses, Kepler-148 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 | 3.890 Earth masses |
Density | 3.670 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.800 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.028 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 1.729 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-148 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 | 12.600 Earth masses |
Density | 1.480 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.600 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.05 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.180 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-148 d is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 56.300 Earth masses |
Density | 0.473 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 8.680 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.2607 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 51.847 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 |