The Kepler-265 system contains 4 exoplanets. It is located 4175.61 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.98 solar masses |
Radius | 1.1 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5835 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.14 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.28 billion years |
At 4.134 Earth masses, Kepler-265 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 | 4.120 Earth masses |
Density | 3.520 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.860 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.069 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 6.846 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-265 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 | 7.410 Earth masses |
Density | 2.240 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.630 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.127 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 17.029 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-265 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 | 6.760 Earth masses |
Density | 2.410 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.490 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.236 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 43.131 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-265 e 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 | 7.220 Earth masses |
Density | 2.280 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.590 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.319 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 67.831 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 |