The Kepler-760 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 2584.25 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.89 solar masses |
Radius | 0.85 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5322 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.08 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.57 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-760 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 | 9.590 Earth masses |
Density | 1.840 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.060 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0772 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 8.704 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 2.795 Earth masses, Kepler-760 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 | 2.790 Earth masses |
Density | 4.730 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.480 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0333 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 2.467 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 |