The Kepler-642 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 2549.18 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.4 solar masses |
Radius | 1.66 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6570 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.06 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.95 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-642 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 | 8.750 Earth masses |
Density | 1.970 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.900 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0589 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.417 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 |