The Kepler-263 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 2461.65 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.8 solar masses |
Radius | 0.79 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5265 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.031 decimal exponent |
Age | 7.9 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-263 b 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 | 7.610 Earth masses |
Density | 2.200 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.670 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.12 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 16.568 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-263 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 | 6.660 Earth masses |
Density | 2.430 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.470 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.242 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 47.333 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 |