The Kepler-269 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 7362.38 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.92 solar masses |
Radius | 0.96 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5847 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.02 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.57 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-269 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 | 6.660 Earth masses |
Density | 2.430 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.470 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.061 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 5.327 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 3.498 Earth masses, Kepler-269 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 | 3.500 Earth masses |
Density | 3.980 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.690 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.081 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 8.128 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 |