The Kepler-164 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 2905.26 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.09 solar masses |
Radius | 1.15 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5888 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.62 billion years |
At 2.573 Earth masses, Kepler-164 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 | 2.570 Earth masses |
Density | 5.040 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.410 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.058 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 5.035 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-164 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 | 7.900 Earth masses |
Density | 2.130 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.730 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.097 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 10.946 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-164 d 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 | 6.570 Earth masses |
Density | 2.450 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.450 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.187 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 28.987 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 |