The Kepler-16 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 244.89 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.69 solar masses |
Radius | 0.65 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4450 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.3 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.8 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-16 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 105.833 Earth masses |
Density | 0.964 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 8.449 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.7048 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.0069 |
Orbital Period | 228.776 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2011-09 |
Reference | Doyle et al. 2011 |