The Kepler-360 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 2857.27 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.95 solar masses |
Radius | 1.06 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6053 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.16 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.4 billion years |
At 3.371 Earth masses, Kepler-360 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 | 3.360 Earth masses |
Density | 4.110 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.650 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.044 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.290 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-360 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 | 5.060 Earth masses |
Density | 3.000 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.100 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.075 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 7.186 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 |