The Kepler-66 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 3923.53 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.04 solar masses |
Radius | 0.97 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5962 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.2 decimal exponent |
Age | 1 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-66 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 | 8.250 Earth masses |
Density | 2.070 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.800 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1352 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 17.816 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2013-07 |
Reference | Meibom et al. 2013 |