The Kepler-21 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 353.95 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.41 solar masses |
Radius | 1.9 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6305 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.03 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.03 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-21 b 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 | 5.080 Earth masses |
Density | 6.400 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.639 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.042717 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.02 |
Orbital Period | 2.786 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2012-02 |
Reference | Howell et al. 2012 |