The Kepler-362 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 3556.76 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.02 solar masses |
Radius | 0.72 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5788 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.14 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.27 billion years |
At less than 1.5 Earth masses, Kepler-362 b is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 0.615 Earth masses |
Density | 4.960 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 0.880 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.087 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 10.327 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 2.700 Earth masses, Kepler-362 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 | 2.700 Earth masses |
Density | 4.870 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.450 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.207 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 37.866 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 |