The Kepler-442 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1193.62 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.61 solar masses |
Radius | 0.6 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4402 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.37 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.9 billion years |
At 2.360 Earth masses, Kepler-442 b 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. Kepler-442 b orbits within the habitable zone of its parent star and could, potentially, be a habitable planet with stable bodies of liquid water on its surface, like Earth.
Mass | 2.360 Earth masses |
Density | 5.390 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.340 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.409 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.04 |
Orbital Period | 112.305 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 |