The Kepler-262 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 1999.76 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.99 solar masses |
Radius | 0.88 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5841 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.338 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.55 billion years |
At 2.420 Earth masses, Kepler-262 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 | 2.420 Earth masses |
Density | 5.290 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.360 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.108 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 13.061 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 3.339 Earth masses, Kepler-262 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 | 3.330 Earth masses |
Density | 4.150 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.640 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.152 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 21.854 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 |