The Kepler-253 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 2735.13 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.85 solar masses |
Radius | 0.79 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5208 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.03 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.7 billion years |
At 3.307 Earth masses, Kepler-253 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 | 3.290 Earth masses |
Density | 4.170 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.630 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.046 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.784 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-253 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 | 7.510 Earth masses |
Density | 2.220 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.650 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.089 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 10.282 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-253 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 | 10.200 Earth masses |
Density | 1.760 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.170 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.13 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 18.120 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 |