The Kepler-163 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 2249.87 light years away from the solar system.
| Mass | 0.88 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.92 solar radiae |
| Temperature | 5776 kelvin |
| Stellar Metallicity | 0.141 decimal exponent |
| Age | 4.27 billion years |
At less than 1.5 Earth masses, Kepler-163 b is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
| Mass | 1.160 Earth masses |
| Density | 5.510 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 1.050 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.078 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0 |
| Orbital Period | 7.811 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-163 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 | 5.730 Earth masses |
| Density | 2.730 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 2.260 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.152 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0 |
| Orbital Period | 21.347 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 |