The Kepler-49 system contains 4 exoplanets. It is located 1015.07 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.55 solar masses |
Radius | 0.53 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3974 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.03 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.88 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-49 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 | 8.000 Earth masses |
Density | 3.400 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.720 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.05929 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 7.204 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2013-01 |
Reference | Steffen et al. 2013 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-49 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 | 5.900 Earth masses |
Density | 1.300 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.550 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.07821 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 10.913 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2013-01 |
Reference | Steffen et al. 2013 |
At 3.180 Earth masses, Kepler-49 d 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.
Mass | 3.190 Earth masses |
Density | 4.280 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.600 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.031 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 2.577 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2014-03 |
Reference | Rowe et al. 2014 |
At 3.056 Earth masses, Kepler-49 e 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.
Mass | 3.050 Earth masses |
Density | 4.410 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.560 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.116 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 18.596 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2014-03 |
Reference | Rowe et al. 2014 |