The Kepler-353 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 1254.70 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.55 solar masses |
Radius | 0.5 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3903 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.12 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.39 billion years |
At less than 1.5 Earth masses, Kepler-353 b is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 0.640 Earth masses |
Density | 4.990 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 0.890 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.051 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 5.795 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 2.480 Earth masses, Kepler-353 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 | 2.480 Earth masses |
Density | 5.190 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.380 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.065 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 8.411 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 |