The Kepler-17 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 2350.78 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.04 solar masses |
Radius | 1.01 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5781 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.26 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.8 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-17 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 778.650 Earth masses |
Density | 1.350 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 14.680 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.02591 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.011 |
Orbital Period | 1.486 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2011-11 |
Reference | Désert et al. 2011 |