The Kepler-216 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 3873.00 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.11 solar masses |
Radius | 1.26 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6091 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.149 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.28 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-216 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 | 6.120 Earth masses |
Density | 2.590 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.350 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.079 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 7.694 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-216 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 | 9.480 Earth masses |
Density | 1.850 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.040 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.136 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 17.407 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 |