The Kepler-22 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 634.84 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.97 solar masses |
Radius | 0.98 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5518 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.29 decimal exponent |
Age | 7.08 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-22 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 | 36.000 Earth masses |
Density | 14.700 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.380 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.849 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 289.862 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2012-02 |
Reference | Borucki et al. 2012 |