The Kepler-149 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 1862.46 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.92 solar masses |
Radius | 0.95 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5381 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.381 decimal exponent |
Age | 14 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-149 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 | 16.500 Earth masses |
Density | 1.220 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.210 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.184 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 29.199 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 3.212 Earth masses, Kepler-149 c 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 | 3.220 Earth masses |
Density | 4.240 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.610 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.281 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 55.328 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-149 d 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 | 14.900 Earth masses |
Density | 1.320 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.960 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.571 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 160.018 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 |