The Kepler-235 system contains 4 exoplanets. It is located 1396.01 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.58 solar masses |
Radius | 0.55 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4255 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.51 decimal exponent |
Age | 6 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-235 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 | 5.600 Earth masses |
Density | 2.770 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.230 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.037 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.340 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 2.185 Earth masses, Kepler-235 c is a so called Super Earth. Super Earths could be terrestrial worlds like Earth, but they could also be ocean worlds or terrestrial worlds wrapped in a substantial atmosphere, in which case some refer to them as Mini Neptunes.
Mass | 2.180 Earth masses |
Density | 5.710 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.280 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.065 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 7.825 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 3.1, and a semi-major axis of 0.122 astronomical units, Kepler-235 d could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 4.860 Earth masses |
Density | 3.100 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.050 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.122 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 20.061 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-235 e 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 | 5.560 Earth masses |
Density | 2.790 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.220 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.213 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 46.184 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 |