The Kepler-426 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 2751.76 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.91 solar masses |
Radius | 0.92 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5725 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.21 decimal exponent |
Age | 6 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-426 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 108.060 Earth masses |
Density | 0.260 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.220 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0414 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.18 |
Orbital Period | 3.218 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2014-12 |
Reference | Hébrard et al. 2014 |