The Kepler-501 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 3670.04 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.03 solar masses |
Radius | 1.04 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5904 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.03 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.31 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-501 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 | 17.100 Earth masses |
Density | 1.180 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.300 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0627 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 5.641 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 3.466 Earth masses, Kepler-501 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 | 3.470 Earth masses |
Density | 4.010 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.681 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0467 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.623 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 |