The Kepler-356 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 2307.75 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.17 solar masses |
Radius | 1.33 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6133 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.023 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.54 billion years |
At 3.091 Earth masses, Kepler-356 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 | 3.090 Earth masses |
Density | 4.390 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.570 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.057 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.613 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 3.943 Earth masses, Kepler-356 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 | 3.930 Earth masses |
Density | 3.640 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.810 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.115 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 13.122 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 |