The Kepler-716 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 2071.12 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.83 solar masses |
Radius | 0.78 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5099 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.57 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-716 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 | 0.0873 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 10.372 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 2.522 Earth masses, Kepler-716 c is a so called Super Earth. Super Earths could be terrestrial worlds like Earth, but they could also be ocean worlds or terrestrial worlds wrapped in a substantial atmosphere, in which case some refer to them as Mini Neptunes.
Mass | 2.520 Earth masses |
Density | 5.120 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.393 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.046 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.970 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2021-07 |
Reference | Armstrong et al. 2021 |