The Kepler-24 system contains 4 exoplanets. It is located 3773.01 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.03 solar masses |
Radius | 1.07 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5800 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.24 decimal exponent |
Age | 7.7 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-24 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 508.500 Earth masses |
Density | NaN grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.400 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.08 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 8.145 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2012-05 |
Reference | Ford et al. 2012 |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-24 c is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 508.500 Earth masses |
Density | NaN grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.800 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.106 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 12.334 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2012-05 |
Reference | Ford et al. 2012 |
At 3.434 Earth masses, Kepler-24 d 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 | 3.430 Earth masses |
Density | 4.050 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.670 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.051 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.244 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-24 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 | 8.150 Earth masses |
Density | 2.080 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.780 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.138 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 18.998 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 |