The Kepler-59 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 3793.91 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.04 solar masses |
Radius | 0.94 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6074 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.02 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.26 billion years |
At less than 1.5 Earth masses, Kepler-59 b is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 1.370 Earth masses |
Density | 5.660 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.100 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.104 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 11.868 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 |
With a mass below 5 Earth masses, a density of 3.24, and a semi-major axis of 0.1372 astronomical units, Kepler-59 c could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 4.580 Earth masses |
Density | 3.240 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.980 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1372 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 17.980 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 |