The Kepler-272 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 2901.51 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.86 solar masses |
Radius | 0.93 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5297 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.09 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.9 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-272 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 78.000 Earth masses |
Density | 147.000 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.430 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.038 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 2.971 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 50 Earth masses, Kepler-272 c is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 97.800 Earth masses |
Density | 93.700 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.790 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.061 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 6.057 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-272 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 | 5.690 Earth masses |
Density | 2.740 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.250 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.091 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 10.937 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 |