The Kepler-359 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 4707.12 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.14 solar masses |
Radius | 1.09 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6248 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.08 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.02 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-359 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 | 12.200 Earth masses |
Density | 1.520 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.530 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.178 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 25.563 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 0.1, and a semi-major axis of 0.307 astronomical units, Kepler-359 c could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 2.900 Earth masses |
Density | 0.100 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.300 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.307 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 57.688 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 0.1, and a semi-major axis of 0.372 astronomical units, Kepler-359 d could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 2.700 Earth masses |
Density | 0.100 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.010 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.372 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 77.096 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 |