The Kepler-156 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 1446.45 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.84 solar masses |
Radius | 0.81 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5094 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.254 decimal exponent |
Age | 5.37 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-156 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 | 5.900 Earth masses |
Density | 2.660 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.300 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.054 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.973 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-156 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 | 7.040 Earth masses |
Density | 2.330 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.550 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.117 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 15.907 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 |