The Kepler-230 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 2416.01 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.84 solar masses |
Radius | 0.82 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5588 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.14 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.8 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-230 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 | 16.800 Earth masses |
Density | 1.190 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.260 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.191 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 32.626 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 |
With a mass below 5 Earth masses, a density of 3.12, and a semi-major axis of 0.38 astronomical units, Kepler-230 c could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 4.820 Earth masses |
Density | 3.120 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.040 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.38 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 91.773 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 |