The Kepler-160 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 3056.12 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.97 solar masses |
Radius | 1.12 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5471 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.14 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.6 billion years |
At 3.593 Earth masses, Kepler-160 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 | 3.590 Earth masses |
Density | 3.910 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.715 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.05511 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.309 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-160 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 | 13.600 Earth masses |
Density | 1.410 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.760 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1192 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 13.699 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 50 Earth masses, Kepler-160 d is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 100.000 Earth masses |
Density | NaN grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | NaN Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.17 AU |
Eccentricity | NaN |
Orbital Period | 30.000 days |
Discovery Method | Transit Timing Variations |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2020-06 |
Reference | Heller et al. 2020 |