The Kepler-321 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 1254.21 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.03 solar masses |
Radius | 1.19 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5740 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.121 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.09 billion years |
At 3.784 Earth masses, Kepler-321 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 | 3.780 Earth masses |
Density | 3.750 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.770 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.057 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.915 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-321 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 | 5.990 Earth masses |
Density | 2.640 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.320 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.11 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 13.094 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 |