The Kepler-23 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 2725.87 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.11 solar masses |
Radius | 1.52 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5760 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.09 decimal exponent |
Age | 6 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-23 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 254.300 Earth masses |
Density | NaN grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.900 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.075 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.06 |
Orbital Period | 7.107 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2012-05 |
Reference | Ford et al. 2012 |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-23 c is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 858.100 Earth masses |
Density | NaN grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.200 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.099 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.02 |
Orbital Period | 10.742 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2012-05 |
Reference | Ford et al. 2012 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-23 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 | 17.600 Earth masses |
Density | 9.080 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.200 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.124 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.08 |
Orbital Period | 15.274 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 |