The Kepler-1687 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1360.12 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.65 solar masses |
Radius | 0.73 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4132 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.14 decimal exponent |
Age | 13.8 billion years |
At 3.371 Earth masses, Kepler-1687 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 | 3.380 Earth masses |
Density | 4.090 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.656 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0532 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 5.780 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2021-07 |
Reference | Armstrong et al. 2021 |