The Kepler-189 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 1929.32 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.79 solar masses |
Radius | 0.75 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5235 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.02 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.7 billion years |
At 1.927 Earth masses, Kepler-189 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 | 1.920 Earth masses |
Density | 5.960 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.210 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.088 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 10.400 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-189 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 | 22.700 Earth masses |
Density | 9.250 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.380 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.137 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 20.135 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 |