The Kepler-653 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 1942.70 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.02 solar masses |
Radius | 1.19 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5665 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.23 decimal exponent |
Age | 7.76 billion years |
With a mass below 5 Earth masses, a density of 3.31, and a semi-major axis of 0.1197 astronomical units, Kepler-653 b could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 4.460 Earth masses |
Density | 3.310 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.950 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1197 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 14.707 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-653 c is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 0.399 Earth masses |
Density | 4.620 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 0.780 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0186 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 0.900 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 |