The Kepler-249 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 621.00 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.51 solar masses |
Radius | 0.48 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3568 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.34 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.09 billion years |
At less than 1.5 Earth masses, Kepler-249 b is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 1.320 Earth masses |
Density | 5.600 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.090 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.035 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.307 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 2.891 Earth masses, Kepler-249 c 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 | 2.890 Earth masses |
Density | 4.610 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.510 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.058 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 7.114 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 3.091 Earth masses, Kepler-249 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 | 3.090 Earth masses |
Density | 4.390 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.570 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.097 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 15.368 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 |