The Kepler-211 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 1008.97 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.9 solar masses |
Radius | 0.82 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5123 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.151 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.55 billion years |
At 2.127 Earth masses, Kepler-211 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 | 2.130 Earth masses |
Density | 5.850 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.260 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.048 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.139 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-211 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 | 18.300 Earth masses |
Density | 46.800 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.290 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.062 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 6.040 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 |