The Kepler-396 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 729.80 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.85 solar masses |
Radius | 1.06 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5565 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.156 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.37 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-396 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 75.500 Earth masses |
Density | 9.680 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.500 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.2336 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 42.994 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2014-02 |
Reference | Xie 2014 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-396 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 | 17.900 Earth masses |
Density | 0.661 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 5.300 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.378 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 88.505 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2014-02 |
Reference | Xie 2014 |