The Kepler-376 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 3010.64 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.06 solar masses |
Radius | 1.18 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5900 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.104 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.91 billion years |
At less than 1.5 Earth masses, Kepler-376 b is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 1.240 Earth masses |
Density | 5.560 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.070 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.057 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.920 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 3.848 Earth masses, Kepler-376 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 | 3.860 Earth masses |
Density | 3.700 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.790 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.115 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 14.172 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 |