The Kepler-43 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 3280.61 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.32 solar masses |
Radius | 1.42 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6041 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.33 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.69 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-43 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 1026.591 Earth masses |
Density | 5.000 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 13.664 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.046 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.017 |
Orbital Period | 3.024 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2012-02 |
Reference | Bonomo et al. 2011 |