The Kepler-229 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 2694.91 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.8 solar masses |
Radius | 0.73 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5120 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.16 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.1 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-229 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 | 5.480 Earth masses |
Density | 2.830 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.200 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.062 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 6.253 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-229 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 | 21.500 Earth masses |
Density | 0.992 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.920 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.117 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 16.069 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-229 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 | 14.200 Earth masses |
Density | 1.370 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.850 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.22 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 41.195 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 |