The Kepler-438 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 639.08 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.54 solar masses |
Radius | 0.52 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3748 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.16 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.4 billion years |
At less than 1.5 Earth masses, Kepler-438 b is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 1.460 Earth masses |
Density | 5.710 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.120 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.166 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.03 |
Orbital Period | 35.233 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 |