The Kepler-312 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 2601.81 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.2 solar masses |
Radius | 1.47 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6115 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.121 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.48 billion years |
At 2.213 Earth masses, Kepler-312 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 | 2.210 Earth masses |
Density | 5.660 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.290 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.031 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 1.772 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-312 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 | 10.100 Earth masses |
Density | 1.780 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.150 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.153 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 19.747 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 |