The Kepler-357 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 2245.82 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.79 solar masses |
Radius | 0.83 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5036 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.18 decimal exponent |
Age | 13.8 billion years |
At 4.039 Earth masses, Kepler-357 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 | 4.040 Earth masses |
Density | 3.560 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.840 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.063 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 6.475 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-357 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 | 7.610 Earth masses |
Density | 2.200 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.670 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.12 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 16.858 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-357 d 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 | 11.600 Earth masses |
Density | 1.580 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.430 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.246 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 49.500 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 |