The Kepler-31 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 5429.32 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.21 solar masses |
Radius | 1.22 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6340 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.076 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.28 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-31 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 | 25.900 Earth masses |
Density | 0.855 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 5.500 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.16 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 20.861 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2012-05 |
Reference | Fabrycky et al. 2012 |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-31 c is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 1493.700 Earth masses |
Density | NaN grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 5.300 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.26 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 42.632 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2012-05 |
Reference | Fabrycky et al. 2012 |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-31 d is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 2161.244 Earth masses |
Density | NaN grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.900 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.4 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 87.645 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 |