The Kepler-250 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 2480.69 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.83 solar masses |
Radius | 0.81 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5160 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.02 decimal exponent |
Age | 13.2 billion years |
At 1.507 Earth masses, Kepler-250 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 | 1.510 Earth masses |
Density | 5.750 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.130 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.048 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.148 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-250 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 | 5.820 Earth masses |
Density | 2.700 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.280 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.069 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 7.157 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-250 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 | 5.390 Earth masses |
Density | 2.860 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.180 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.127 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 17.648 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 |