The Kepler-421 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1136.84 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.79 solar masses |
Radius | 0.76 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5308 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.25 decimal exponent |
Age | 4 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-421 b 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 | 16.100 Earth masses |
Density | 1.230 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.160 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 1.219 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.041 |
Orbital Period | 704.198 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2014-07 |
Reference | Kipping et al. 2014 |