The Kepler-524 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 3451.51 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.09 solar masses |
Radius | 1.1 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6014 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.02 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.02 billion years |
With a mass below 5 Earth masses, a density of 3.4, and a semi-major axis of 0.0791 astronomical units, Kepler-524 b could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 4.310 Earth masses |
Density | 3.400 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.910 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0791 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 7.974 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 less than 1.5 Earth masses, Kepler-524 c is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 0.840 Earth masses |
Density | 5.220 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 0.960 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0303 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 1.889 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 |