The Kepler-769 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 3814.62 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.19 solar masses |
Radius | 1.28 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6186 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.06 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.88 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-769 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 | 8.850 Earth masses |
Density | 1.950 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.920 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0778 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 7.426 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 3.848 Earth masses, Kepler-769 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 | 3.860 Earth masses |
Density | 3.700 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.790 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1297 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 15.987 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 |