The Kepler-167 system contains 4 exoplanets. It is located 1115.15 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.78 solar masses |
Radius | 0.75 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4884 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.02 decimal exponent |
Age | 7.1 billion years |
At 3.593 Earth masses, Kepler-167 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 | 3.600 Earth masses |
Density | 3.900 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.718 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.04825 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.393 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 3.434 Earth masses, Kepler-167 c 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 | 3.440 Earth masses |
Density | 4.030 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.674 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0684 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 7.406 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 2.064 Earth masses, Kepler-167 d 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 | 2.060 Earth masses |
Density | 5.970 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.238 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1404 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 21.804 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2016-04 |
Reference | Kipping et al. 2016 |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-167 e is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 321.007 Earth masses |
Density | 1.680 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 10.160 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 1.883 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.29 |
Orbital Period | 1071.232 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2016-04 |
Reference | Kipping et al. 2016 |