The Kepler-436 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 1920.63 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.73 solar masses |
Radius | 0.7 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4651 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.01 decimal exponent |
Age | 3 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-436 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 | 7.900 Earth masses |
Density | 2.130 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.730 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.339 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.19 |
Orbital Period | 64.002 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2015-02 |
Reference | Torres et al. 2015 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-436 c 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 | 6.040 Earth masses |
Density | 2.620 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.330 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1158 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 16.797 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2016-05 |
Reference | Morton et al. 2016 |