The Kepler-54 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 886.17 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.51 solar masses |
Radius | 0.5 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3705 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.27 decimal exponent |
Age | 13.8 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-54 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 | 21.500 Earth masses |
Density | 12.800 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.100 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0619 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 8.011 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-54 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 | 19.800 Earth masses |
Density | 58.500 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.230 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0809 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 12.072 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 2.957 Earth masses, Kepler-54 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 | 2.960 Earth masses |
Density | 4.540 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.530 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.126 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 20.996 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 |