The Kepler-303 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 684.07 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.57 solar masses |
Radius | 0.48 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3944 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.414 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.31 billion years |
At less than 1.5 Earth masses, Kepler-303 b is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 0.640 Earth masses |
Density | 4.990 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 0.890 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.024 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 1.937 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 |
At 1.555 Earth masses, Kepler-303 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 | 1.550 Earth masses |
Density | 5.750 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.140 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.057 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 7.061 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 |