The Kepler-236 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 941.82 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.6 solar masses |
Radius | 0.51 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3750 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.05 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.16 billion years |
At 3.091 Earth masses, Kepler-236 b 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 | 3.090 Earth masses |
Density | 4.390 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.570 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.065 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 8.296 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 3.2, and a semi-major axis of 0.132 astronomical units, Kepler-236 c could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 4.660 Earth masses |
Density | 3.200 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.000 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.132 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 23.968 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 |