The KOI-55 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 4015.05 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.5 solar masses |
Radius | 0.2 solar radiae |
Temperature | 27730 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.106 decimal exponent |
Age | - billion years |
At less than 1.5 Earth masses, KOI-55 b is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 0.440 Earth masses |
Density | 5.530 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 0.759 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.006 AU |
Eccentricity | NaN |
Orbital Period | 0.240 days |
Discovery Method | Orbital Brightness Modulation |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2011-12 |
Reference | Charpinet et al. 2011 |
At less than 1.5 Earth masses, KOI-55 c is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 0.655 Earth masses |
Density | 5.520 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 0.867 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0076 AU |
Eccentricity | NaN |
Orbital Period | 0.343 days |
Discovery Method | Orbital Brightness Modulation |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2011-12 |
Reference | Charpinet et al. 2011 |