The Kepler-245 system contains 4 exoplanets. It is located 2809.92 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.86 solar masses |
Radius | 0.8 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5100 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.05 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.63 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-245 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 | 7.130 Earth masses |
Density | 2.310 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.570 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.071 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 7.490 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-245 c is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 225.600 Earth masses |
Density | 120.000 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.180 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.124 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 17.461 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-245 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 | 21.600 Earth masses |
Density | 4.270 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.030 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.202 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 36.277 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 3.721 Earth masses, Kepler-245 e 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 | 3.710 Earth masses |
Density | 3.800 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.750 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.04 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.220 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2016-05 |
Reference | Morton et al. 2016 |