The Kepler-316 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 1255.50 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.59 solar masses |
Radius | 0.52 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4204 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.23 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.31 billion years |
At less than 1.5 Earth masses, Kepler-316 b is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 1.200 Earth masses |
Density | 5.540 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.060 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.027 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 2.241 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 1.657 Earth masses, Kepler-316 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 | 1.650 Earth masses |
Density | 5.810 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.160 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.058 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 6.828 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 |