The Kepler-60 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 3343.43 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.04 solar masses |
Radius | 1.26 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5905 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.09 decimal exponent |
Age | 5 billion years |
At 4.191 Earth masses, Kepler-60 b 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 | 4.190 Earth masses |
Density | 4.620 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.710 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0719 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 7.133 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 3.06, and a semi-major axis of 0.0835 astronomical units, Kepler-60 c could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 3.850 Earth masses |
Density | 3.060 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.900 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0835 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 8.919 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 2.91, and a semi-major axis of 0.1012 astronomical units, Kepler-60 d could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 4.160 Earth masses |
Density | 2.910 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.990 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1012 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 11.898 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 |