The Kepler-656 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 2903.94 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.86 solar masses |
Radius | 0.82 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5281 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.04 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.37 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-656 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 | 9.910 Earth masses |
Density | 1.790 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.120 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0232 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 1.260 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 |