The Kepler-213 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 2070.89 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.07 solar masses |
Radius | 1.2 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5696 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.157 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.62 billion years |
At 3.244 Earth masses, Kepler-213 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 | 3.260 Earth masses |
Density | 4.210 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.620 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.036 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 2.462 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-213 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 | 6.080 Earth masses |
Density | 2.610 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.340 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.057 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.823 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 |