The Kepler-187 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 3727.96 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.11 solar masses |
Radius | 1.29 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6105 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.02 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.72 billion years |
At 2.573 Earth masses, Kepler-187 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 | 0.059 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.939 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-187 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 | 7.610 Earth masses |
Density | 2.200 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.670 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.099 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 10.640 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 |