The Kepler-437 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 991.51 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.71 solar masses |
Radius | 0.68 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4551 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.9 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-437 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 | 5.220 Earth masses |
Density | 2.930 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.140 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.288 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.02 |
Orbital Period | 66.651 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 |