The Kepler-343 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 3024.10 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.08 solar masses |
Radius | 1.43 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5807 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.145 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.9 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-343 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 | 6.390 Earth masses |
Density | 2.510 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.410 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.088 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 8.969 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 |
With a mass below 5 Earth masses, a density of 3.16, and a semi-major axis of 0.167 astronomical units, Kepler-343 c could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 4.740 Earth masses |
Density | 3.160 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.020 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.167 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 23.222 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 |