The Kepler-495 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 2149.12 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.86 solar masses |
Radius | 0.83 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5346 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.07 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.37 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-495 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 | 23.800 Earth masses |
Density | 0.914 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 5.230 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0427 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.413 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 1.978 Earth masses, Kepler-495 c 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 | 1.980 Earth masses |
Density | 6.000 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.219 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0614 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 5.897 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 |