The Kepler-248 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 2409.61 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.9 solar masses |
Radius | 0.83 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5190 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.2 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.34 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-248 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 | 9.380 Earth masses |
Density | 1.870 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.020 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.066 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 6.308 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-248 c 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 | 15.600 Earth masses |
Density | 1.270 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.070 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.123 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 16.239 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 |