The Kepler-244 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 3380.57 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.96 solar masses |
Radius | 0.8 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5554 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.16 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.5 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-244 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 | 8.050 Earth masses |
Density | 2.100 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.760 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.05 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.312 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 0.087 astronomical units, Kepler-244 c 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 | 0.087 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 9.767 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-244 d 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 | 15.200 Earth masses |
Density | 6.780 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.310 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.14 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 20.050 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 |