The Kepler-605 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 1815.32 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.91 solar masses |
Radius | 0.88 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5462 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.02 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.47 billion years |
At 2.668 Earth masses, Kepler-605 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 | 2.670 Earth masses |
Density | 4.910 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.440 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.042 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.384 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-605 c is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 0.566 Earth masses |
Density | 4.890 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 0.860 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.033 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 2.359 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 |