The Kepler-260 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 2046.19 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.92 solar masses |
Radius | 0.86 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5250 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.03 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.47 billion years |
With a mass below 5 Earth masses, a density of 3.18, and a semi-major axis of 0.075 astronomical units, Kepler-260 b could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 4.700 Earth masses |
Density | 3.180 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.010 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.075 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 8.187 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 3.689 Earth masses, Kepler-260 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 | 3.680 Earth masses |
Density | 3.840 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.740 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.332 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 76.050 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 |