The Kepler-430 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 2992.41 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.17 solar masses |
Radius | 1.49 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5884 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.2 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.84 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-430 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 | 10.600 Earth masses |
Density | 1.700 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.250 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.2244 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 35.968 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2015-02 |
Reference | Everett et al. 2015 |
At 3.721 Earth masses, Kepler-430 c is a so called Super Earth. Super Earths could be terrestrial worlds like Earth, but they could also be ocean worlds or terrestrial worlds wrapped in a substantial atmosphere, in which case some refer to them as Mini Neptunes.
Mass | 3.710 Earth masses |
Density | 3.800 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.750 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.4757 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 110.979 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2015-02 |
Reference | Everett et al. 2015 |