The Kepler-1972 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 937.17 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.12 solar masses |
Radius | 1.38 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5818 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.23 decimal exponent |
Age | 7.4 billion years |
At 2.022 Earth masses, Kepler-1972 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 | 2.020 Earth masses |
Density | 4.020 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 0.802 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0763 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.067 |
Orbital Period | 7.544 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2014-12-04 |
Reference | Q1-Q12 KOI Table |
With a mass below 5 Earth masses, a density of 3.33, and a semi-major axis of 0.1041 astronomical units, Kepler-1972 c could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 2.110 Earth masses |
Density | 3.330 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 0.868 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1041 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.043 |
Orbital Period | 11.329 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2014-12-04 |
Reference | Q1-Q12 KOI Table |