The Kepler-1617 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 2929.89 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.15 solar masses |
Radius | 1.22 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6167 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.01 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.02 billion years |
At 1.870 Earth masses, Kepler-1617 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 | 1.870 Earth masses |
Density | 5.950 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.200 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.181 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 27.479 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 |