The Kepler-237 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 2145.53 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.7 solar masses |
Radius | 0.72 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4861 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.03 decimal exponent |
Age | 13.8 billion years |
At 2.573 Earth masses, Kepler-237 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 | 2.570 Earth masses |
Density | 5.040 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.410 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.05 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.715 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 3.04, and a semi-major axis of 0.071 astronomical units, Kepler-237 c could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 4.980 Earth masses |
Density | 3.040 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.080 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.071 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 8.104 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 |