The Kepler-159 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 1218.99 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.63 solar masses |
Radius | 0.66 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4625 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.28 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.51 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-159 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 | 6.260 Earth masses |
Density | 2.550 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.380 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.082 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 10.140 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-159 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 | 11.500 Earth masses |
Density | 1.590 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.410 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.218 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 43.596 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 |