The Kepler-212 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 2241.32 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.17 solar masses |
Radius | 1.46 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5852 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.116 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.5 billion years |
At less than 1.5 Earth masses, Kepler-212 b is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 1.320 Earth masses |
Density | 5.600 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.090 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.133 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 16.258 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-212 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 | 7.950 Earth masses |
Density | 2.120 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.740 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.207 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 31.805 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 |