The Kepler-1568 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 2988.61 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.09 solar masses |
Radius | 1.19 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5956 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.09 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.57 billion years |
At 2.242 Earth masses, Kepler-1568 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 | 2.240 Earth masses |
Density | 5.600 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.300 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1499 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 20.925 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 |