The Kepler-231 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 1032.67 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.58 solar masses |
Radius | 0.49 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3767 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.1 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.47 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-231 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 | 35.400 Earth masses |
Density | 37.600 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.730 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.074 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 10.065 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-231 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 | 24.100 Earth masses |
Density | 18.400 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.930 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.114 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 19.272 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 |