The Kepler-317 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 3067.77 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.86 solar masses |
Radius | 0.94 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5497 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.13 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.72 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-317 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 109.800 Earth masses |
Density | 66.100 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.090 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.061 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 5.524 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 3.593 Earth masses, Kepler-317 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 | 3.610 Earth masses |
Density | 3.900 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.720 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.083 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 8.775 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 |