The Kepler-15 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 2411.64 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.02 solar masses |
Radius | 0.99 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5515 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.36 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.7 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-15 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 209.760 Earth masses |
Density | 0.930 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 10.760 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.05714 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.06 |
Orbital Period | 4.943 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2011-11 |
Reference | Endl et al. 2011 |