The Kepler-638 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 3232.90 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.88 solar masses |
Radius | 0.93 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5382 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.04 decimal exponent |
Age | 11.75 billion years |
At 4.007 Earth masses, Kepler-638 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 | 4.010 Earth masses |
Density | 3.600 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.830 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0632 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 6.080 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 |