The Kepler-285 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 2688.54 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.82 solar masses |
Radius | 0.81 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5411 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.16 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.6 billion years |
At 2.360 Earth masses, Kepler-285 b 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 | 2.360 Earth masses |
Density | 5.390 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.340 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.036 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 2.634 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 less than 1.5 Earth masses, Kepler-285 c is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 1.460 Earth masses |
Density | 5.710 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.120 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.064 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 6.187 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 |