The Kepler-487 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 2845.20 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.91 solar masses |
Radius | 0.88 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5444 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0 decimal exponent |
Age | 5.62 billion years |
Mass | NaN Earth masses |
Density | NaN grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 11.420 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1157 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 15.359 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 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-487 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 | 7.650 Earth masses |
Density | 2.180 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.680 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.2141 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 38.652 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 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-487 d 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 | 8.120 Earth masses |
Density | 2.090 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.775 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0337 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 2.418 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2022-02 |
Reference | Valizadegan et al. 2022 |