The Kepler-215 system contains 4 exoplanets. It is located 1585.11 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.94 solar masses |
Radius | 1.03 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5739 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.443 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.62 billion years |
At 3.244 Earth masses, Kepler-215 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 | 0.084 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 9.361 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 3.784 Earth masses, Kepler-215 c 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 | 3.780 Earth masses |
Density | 3.750 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.770 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.113 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 14.667 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-215 d 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 | 23.600 Earth masses |
Density | 9.500 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.390 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.185 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 30.864 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 3.721 Earth masses, Kepler-215 e 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 | 3.710 Earth masses |
Density | 3.800 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.750 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.314 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 68.161 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 |