The Kepler-589 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 1998.69 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.88 solar masses |
Radius | 0.83 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5296 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.01 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.47 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-589 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 | 5.770 Earth masses |
Density | 2.710 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.270 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1196 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 16.550 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-589 c is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 1.450 Earth masses |
Density | 5.710 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.117 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0426 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.525 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 |