The Kepler-266 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 4470.91 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.95 solar masses |
Radius | 1.03 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5885 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.16 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.79 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-266 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 | 6.710 Earth masses |
Density | 2.420 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.480 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.071 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 6.618 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-266 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 | 14.400 Earth masses |
Density | 1.340 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.890 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.457 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 107.724 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 |