The Kepler-27 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 3406.24 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.65 solar masses |
Radius | 0.59 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5400 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.41 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.62 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-27 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 2895.310 Earth masses |
Density | NaN grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.000 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.118 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 15.335 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2012-04 |
Reference | Steffen et al. 2012 |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-27 c is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 4385.870 Earth masses |
Density | NaN grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.900 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.191 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 31.331 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2012-04 |
Reference | Steffen et al. 2012 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-27 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 | 7.780 Earth masses |
Density | 2.160 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.706 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0668 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 6.546 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2022-02 |
Reference | Valizadegan et al. 2022 |