The Kepler-40 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 7517.93 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.48 solar masses |
Radius | 2.13 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6510 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.1 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.8 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-40 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 699.200 Earth masses |
Density | 1.680 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 13.110 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.08 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 6.873 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2011-04 |
Reference | Santerne et al. 2011 |