The Kepler-61 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1092.88 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.64 solar masses |
Radius | 0.62 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4017 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.03 decimal exponent |
Age | 1 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-61 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 | 5.270 Earth masses |
Density | 2.910 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.150 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.24861 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.25 |
Orbital Period | 59.878 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2013-08 |
Reference | Ballard et al. 2013 |