The Kepler-287 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 2726.21 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.97 solar masses |
Radius | 1.03 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5806 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.117 decimal exponent |
Age | 7.6 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-287 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 | 6.040 Earth masses |
Density | 2.620 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.330 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.145 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 20.342 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-287 c 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 | 10.700 Earth masses |
Density | 1.700 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.260 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.246 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 44.852 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 |