The Kepler-282 system contains 4 exoplanets. It is located 4362.70 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.79 solar masses |
Radius | 0.9 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5602 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.25 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.4 billion years |
At less than 1.5 Earth masses, Kepler-282 b is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 1.010 Earth masses |
Density | 5.390 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.010 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.082 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 9.221 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 1.870 Earth masses, Kepler-282 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 | 1.870 Earth masses |
Density | 5.950 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.200 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.106 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 13.639 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-282 d is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 61.000 Earth masses |
Density | 22.500 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.460 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.154 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 24.806 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2014-02 |
Reference | Xie 2014 |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-282 e is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 56.200 Earth masses |
Density | 10.400 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.100 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.2269 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 44.347 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2014-02 |
Reference | Xie 2014 |