The Kepler-361 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 3034.29 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.17 solar masses |
Radius | 1.34 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6169 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.024 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.16 billion years |
At 2.700 Earth masses, Kepler-361 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 | 2.700 Earth masses |
Density | 4.870 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.450 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.086 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 8.487 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-361 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 | 6.900 Earth masses |
Density | 2.370 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.520 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.3 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 55.188 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 |