The Kepler-50 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 815.75 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.24 solar masses |
Radius | 1.58 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6225 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.03 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.8 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-50 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 | 8.900 Earth masses |
Density | NaN grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.710 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.077 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 7.813 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-50 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 | 8.200 Earth masses |
Density | NaN grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.170 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.087 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 9.376 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 |