The Kepler-196 system is known to contain 2 exoplanets in orbit around it. It is located 1471.98 light years away from the solar system.
| Mass | 0.85 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.78 solar radiae |
| Temperature | 5128 kelvin |
| Stellar Metallicity | -0.02 Decimal exponent |
| Age | 3.98 billion years |
With a mass below 5 Earth masses, a density of 3.42, and a semi-major axis of 0.138 astronomical units, Kepler-196 b could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
| Mass | 4.270 Earth masses |
| Density | 3.420 Grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 1.900 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.138 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0 |
| Orbital Period | 20.740 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-196 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 in our solar system.
| Mass | 5.650 Earth masses |
| Density | 2.760 Grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 2.240 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.24 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0 |
| Orbital Period | 47.428 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 |