The Kepler-168 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 4382.23 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.11 solar masses |
Radius | 1.11 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6282 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.09 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.29 billion years |
At 2.732 Earth masses, Kepler-168 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 | 2.730 Earth masses |
Density | 4.820 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.460 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.056 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.425 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-168 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 | 7.700 Earth masses |
Density | 2.170 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.690 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.116 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 13.193 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 |