The Kepler-268 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 2778.43 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.13 solar masses |
Radius | 1.27 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6081 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.001 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.71 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-268 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 | 7.040 Earth masses |
Density | 2.330 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.550 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.18 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 25.934 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-268 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 | 11.400 Earth masses |
Density | 1.620 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.380 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.391 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 83.446 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 |