The Kepler-240 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 2436.15 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.75 solar masses |
Radius | 0.74 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4985 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.18 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.9 billion years |
At 2.452 Earth masses, Kepler-240 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 | 2.450 Earth masses |
Density | 5.240 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.370 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.048 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.144 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 50 Earth masses, Kepler-240 c is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 102.300 Earth masses |
Density | 52.800 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.200 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.074 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 7.954 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 |